Clinical Nurse Consultant (Grade 1) - Holistic Early Intervention Team

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time; 38 hours per week up to June 2026
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1
Remuneration: $2,357.89 - $2,406.09 per week + annual leave loading + 11.5% Superannuation
Location: Community Mental Health; Ashfield
Requisition ID: REQ527933

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 Ashfield Headspace Building. 

Clinical Nurse Consultant will be working as part of a small but dynamic team that supports young people and their families/supports. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides expert clinical advice to consumers, carers & other health care providers. This will be achieved by developing, implementing and evaluating care management plans for consumers with complex health needs. Provides leadership in the ongoing development of clinical practice. Initiates and utilizes findings of research in the provision of clinical services. Contributes to the development and delivery of specialty related education programs. Participates in formal processes for the strategic and operational planning for the clinical service.

The Clinical Nurse Consultant will be responsible:

•  To provide effective care during the critical early phase of illness this involves proactive engagement and initiation of clinical therapies.
• To reduce the duration of untreated psychosis, limit the impact of a first episode of psychosis, foster hope that recovery is possible and maximize the quality of life of consumers, carers and their families.
• To work in partnership with other agencies to provide psychosocial interventions aiming for maximal symptomatic and functional recovery and prevention of relapse. This position is within the Primary Health Network's targets of ensuring that you people have access to specialist mental health services as early as possible. It is funded to enhance the provision of clinical and consultancy services which facilitate greater integration between EIP and headspace and improve pathways to care for people who are at risk of psychosis (primary target group) and at risk of serious mental illness (severe depression or anxiety, major mood disorder, borderline personality disorder, disordered eating) who would not access usual mental health services and can be/are supported in primary care.

This will include: 

• Assessment at Headspace; consultation of more complex youth mental health presentations
• Outreach with Headspace (eg; home visits)
• Collaborative care co-ordination and targeted interventions for young people identified at Headspace (Camperdown) as being "at risk" of developing a psychotic disorder.

The position will meet the standards and performance indicators expected in the Service Level Agreement between EIPS and Headspace and work in close collaboration with the psychiatrist and the Headspace leadership team. The clinician will take the lead role in the LHD to evaluate the in-reach/co-location model with Headspace. 

For more information, please view the Position Description.

Ideal Candidate

• Current nursing registration with APHRA with a minimum of five (5) years post registration mental health experience and tertiary qualifications relevant to mental health. Extensive clinical experience in mental health, and demonstrated advanced level practice and supervision skills.
• Demonstrated advanced skills in the comprehensive assessment and management of mental health consumers, including assessment, and individual and group interventions.
• Demonstrated experience working with young people with complex needs including an understanding of current treatment approaches for people with emerging mental health problems, co-morbidity and substance use problems.
• Current NSW Driver's Licence (P1 and P2 Acceptable).