Mental Health Clinician

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time (up to 26/04/2026)
**Location**:Lithgow Community Health Centre
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ562182
**Application Close**: 24/06/2025

**Position Classification & Remuneration**:Dependent on Qualifications:
Social Worker or Occupational Therapist Level 1 / 2: $37.03 - $52.83 per hour + rural incentives
Psychologist: $39.01 - $57.10 per hour + rural incentives
Registered Nurse: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour + rural incentives

**Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme Available**:

- In accordance with the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme (PD2024_012), this position has been recognised as hard to fill/ critical to fill and may have an incentive attached to this position. Please visit NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme for additional information. #ruralhealthincentives
- With _**_CORE_**_ Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- 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.

Our Lithgow Community Mental Health team is seeking to engage a qualified Mental Health Clinician. In this position, you will provide comprehensive clinical mental health services and care coordination to people with a mental illness or mental disorder to help improve their health, well-being, and quality of life. As the successful incumbent, you will assess, plan, implement, facilitate, and evaluate mental health care in collaboration with individuals, their families and carers, other health care agencies and the multidisciplinary mental health team to achieve quality consumer care outcomes.

**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 implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here **Child Safe Standards**.

**What you will bring to the role**
- Tertiary qualifications in either Social Worker (where degree provides eligibility for membership for Australian Association of Social Workers) - Occupational Therapist and registered with AHPRA - Psychology and registered with AHPRA or Registered Nurse Division 1 with AHPRA registration including completion of a new graduate RN program or 12 months experience working as a Registered Nurse.
- Demonstrated skills in mental health and discipline specific assessments and interventions and experience working with people with mental illness.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate meaningfully with consumers and carers with a commitment and understanding of recovery principles in mental health service provision
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills including verbal, written, good interpersonal skills and computer competence and literacy.
- Demonstrated ability to work in collaborative partnerships with a range of service providers to tailor care plans and enhance the cultural sensitivity of service provision
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to Aboriginal mental health and wellbeing principles and practice improvement
- Demonstrated working knowledge of NSW Mental Health Act, 2007
- Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel

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