Mental Health Clinician

Mental Health Clinician, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) - Sutherland Mental Health Service

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1, Occupational Therapist Level 3, Senior Psychologist, Social Worker Level 3
Remuneration: $56.59 - $65.22 per hour, plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 22
Location: Caringbah, Sydney

The Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) provides time-limited, intensive specialist perinatal and infant mental health support. Services include direct patient care (home visiting, clinic appointments, in-reach) and consultation for a range of severe or complex perinatal mental health disorders. The service supports parents and their infants who are experiencing significant mental health issues and are pregnant or have a child under two years old.

• Provide senior clinical leadership and direct patient care within PIMHS, supporting parents and infants with severe, acute, or complex mental health conditions.
• Deliver and coordinate time-limited, intensive perinatal and infant mental health care, including home visiting, clinic appointments, and in-reach as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Engage in consultation with internal and external stakeholders to support service delivery and clinical practice improvement.
• Contribute to education, development of tools or programs to support service excellence and clinical practice within the team.
• Lead and participate in quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes.

• Social Worker or Occupational Therapist qualifications in accordance with NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award; current full registration with AHPRA and/or eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers, or qualifications in Psychology with a recognized four-year degree and full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) with relevant experience; or current Authority to Practice and current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse with relevant post-registration experience and qualifications.
• Extensive postgraduate clinical experience in mental health, with experience working with families of infants in the perinatal period facing severe and complex psychosocial and psychiatric issues; knowledge of the impact of mental health on parenting, parent-infant relationships, and infant development.
• Excellent negotiation, decision-making and advocacy skills; ability to engage constructively with a diverse range of stakeholders and provide consultation both within and external to the organisation.
• Ability to provide high-level clinical advice and develop education tools or programs to support service excellence.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, applying advanced reasoning and independent professional judgement to novel, complex, or critical situations.
• Experience leading quality improvement and service evaluation initiatives; ability to advise managers on clinical service development and service redesign.
• Current unrestricted NSW driver's licence and willingness to travel.

• An eligibility list may be created for future Permanent Part Time positions.
• Up to 12 allocated days off per year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
• Salary packaging options to reduce taxable income; up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K for meal & entertainment and novated leasing.
• Discounted gym memberships with Fitness Passport.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance.

• Selection and information about applying; employment of temporary visa holders may be considered only after assessing suitability of permanent residents or citizens.
• Applicants will be assessed against essential requirements and selection criteria in the position description, with occupational health checks and vaccination requirements per NSW Health policy.
• SESLHD is committed to diversity and inclusion and invites applicants from diverse backgrounds; an Aboriginal Workforce Team is available for support.

Location notes: Sutherland Community Mental Health, on the Sutherland Hospital campus, Caringbah. For more information, contact the recruitment team or the listed contacts in the position description.