Senior Mental Health Clinician - Suicide Prevention
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Location: Katoomba
Hours Per Week: 32
Requisition ID: REQ597488
Application Close: 01/09/2025
Position Classification & Remuneration: Dependent on Qualifications
Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2: $66.50 - $67.83 per hour
Senior Psychologist: $60.12 - $65.14 per hour
Clinical Psychologist: $55.09 - $67.15 per hour
Social Worker, Counsellor or Occupational Therapist Level 4: $61.35 - $62.84 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 groundbreaking initiative that’s changing the way mental health crises are addressed in the community. The Suicide Prevention Outreach Team (SPOT) Clinician will work in equal partnership with a Peer Worker and in close collaboration with NSW Police (Blue Mountains Police Area Command) to deliver a compassionate, trauma-informed response to individuals experiencing acute psychological distress and suicidal crisis. As a secondary response service, SPOT is activated by frontline police to provide rapid, person-centered mental health support directly in homes or preferred community settings, ensuring care is accessible, respectful, and tailored to the needs of each individual.
This role requires advanced clinical expertise, sound judgement, and leadership in mental health and psychosocial assessment, safety planning, and brief interventions. You’ll play a vital role in stabilisation, early engagement, and linking individuals with outpatient and community services, while also supporting families, carers, and friends. With strong connections to local health networks including Mental Health Teams and GPs, SPOT is a collaborative model built on empathy and empowerment.
This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact, bringing hope, dignity, and expert care to those who need it most. 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
- Occupational Therapy: Bachelor degree with APHRA registration as an occupational therapist and substantial experience in mental health or suicide prevention, Social Work: Bachelor degree with eligibility for AASW membership& substantial experience in mental health or suicide prevention, Counsellor: minimum Bachelor of Health Science Mental Health (Djirruwang Program) and substantial experience in mental health or suicide prevention, Nursing: current AHPRA registration & minimum 5 years full time equivalent post qualification experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in Mental Health nursing and post graduate qualifications in Mental Health or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate Psychology: Tertiary qualifications in psychology with full registration as a psychologist and a minimum of 9 years post qualifying experience. Clinical Psychology: Registered psychologist with an accredited post-graduate Masters or Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology with endorsement or working towards endorsement.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical governance and leadership with an understanding of and commitment to the principles and values of the peer (lived experience of suicide) workforce.
- Proven advanced written, oral and interpersonal skills including the ability to consult, collaborate and liaise effectively within a multidisciplinary team, with internal and external stakeholders and the community at large.
- Proven ability to provide senior clinical leadership and supervision and provide input and advice regarding policy, practice and service development to managers and staff.
- Demonstrated advanced reasoning skills and experience and expertise in crisis intervention, mental health assessment and safety planning with people experiencing acute psychological distress and suicidal crisis within a strength and recovery-oriented framework.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in identifying opportunities for practice improvement and develop, lead and evaluate ongoing practice improvement activities.
- Proven ability to exercise independent professional judgement, including advanced problem solving and analytical skills in line with professional and operational structures to ensure safe, high level and effective collaborative, recovery-oriented service provision.
- Current Driver's License and willingness to use for work purpose travel.
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 Samuel Cruickshank on samuel.cruickshank@health.nsw.gov.au
