Community Mental Health Clinician

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Permanent Part Time (Minimum 24 hours per week)

Position Classification: Registered Nurse

Remuneration: $ $52.62 per hour + annual leave loading + Superannuation

Location: Croydon Health Centre

Requisition ID: REQ620604

We are seeking an enthusiastic registered nurse to join our clinical team.

About the Role

Community Mental Health Services provide a range of services designed to help support the recovery and help consumer stay well in the community. The team provide specialist services for young people, children and families, adults, and older people. Community mental health services include a specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Team, bilingual mental health workers and Peer Support Workers. Our main sites are at Canterbury, Croydon, Camperdown, Marrickville, and Redfern Community Health Services. The role will be based at Croydon Health Centre.

The "Community Mental Health Team" (Core Team) is the mainstay of the community mental health system. Core Teams and provide a range of clinical services including intake, assessment, consultation, treatment ,and care coordination. Care coordination is the main component of this model of care and includes extended care coordination, targeted packages of care, and short term care coordination.

Consumers under the care of Core Teams will either have:

• Short term interventions and may be discharged or referred back to their GPs or other treatment providers after a period of weeks or months.
• A period of treatment as recommended by evidence based practices.
• Ongoing care and monitoring for prolonged periods.

For more information, please view the Position Description

Ideal Candidate

• Current nursing registration with AHPRA.
• Demonstrated competencies to provide contemporary mental health practice
• Current NSW Drivers Licence (P1 and P2 acceptable).

Benefits and Perks

• Accrued Day Off each month (for full time roles) paid Parental Leave & Annual Leave loading
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging and Novated Leasing. For more information visit SalaryPackagingPlus
• Access to free courses, qualifications and coaching via Sydney Education
• Access to confidential EAP counselling for staff and their families
• Because we care about your health: Free annual influenza vaccination, discounted Fitness Passport membership, and free telehealth nutrition and wellness resources from qualified professionals.

For more information about other benefits, please visit SLHD Benefits

This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.

Working for Sydney Local Health District - NSW Health

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit:

Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.

For more information about SLHD please visit 'Working with Us'

To further connect with us, check us out on LinkedIn

For enquiries, please contact Melinda Jackson via email at

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day, apply now

Applications Close: 23 November 2025

For Applicant Support and Information, visit 'Applicant Information'