Mental Health Clinician

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Location: Katoomba Community Health Centre

Hours Per Week: 24

Requisition ID: REQ593198

Application Close: 17/08/2025

Position Classification & Remuneration: Dependent on qualifications

Social Worker, Counsellor or Occupational Therapist Level 1/2: $37.03 - $52.83 per hour

Registered Nurse: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour

Psychologist: $39.01 - $57.10 per hour

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

NBMLHD Community Mental Health offers a range of specialised services for children, young people, families and older people, through our community-based services and health centres. Our multidisciplinary health professionals and case managers take a collaborative approach to mental health care by linking with their patients to work together and consult within an environment appropriate to the person's needs.

Join a team where compassion meets innovation and every day makes a difference. We're seeking a dedicated mental health professional to deliver transformative clinical services that empower individuals living with mental illness or disorder. This role is shaped by a collaborative, recovery-focused model that values inclusion, self-advocacy, and family engagement—while embracing evidence-based practices to foster independence and lasting wellbeing.

If you're driven to create real impact through rehabilitative care that's least intrusive yet highly responsive to each person's journey, this opportunity is tailor-made for you. Apply now

Benefits Available To Eligible NBMLHD Employees

• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.

What you will bring to the role:

• Tertiary qualifications, professional registration/membership as follow, plus significant clinical experience in mental health: a.) Nursing b.) Occupational Therapy c.) Social Worker d.) Psychologist
• Demonstrated skills in mental health and discipline specific assessments and interventions and experience working with people with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Experience working in a Community Mental Health Treatment Team and/or knowledge of the principles that guide service delivery within this model of practice.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate meaningfully with consumers and carers with a commitment and understanding of recovery principles in mental health service provision.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of NSW Mental Health Act, 2007.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills including verbal, written, and good interpersonal skills.
• Computer competence and literacy.
• Current driver's licence and willingness to use for work purposes

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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For role related queries or questions contact Michelle Johnson on Michelle.Johnson5@health.nsw.gov.au