Mental Health Clinician - Level 4

Supporting children and young people through crisis with expert care

Remuneration: $126,524 - $152,992 per annum (dependent on qualifications) + superannuation + salary packaging
Location: Wallsend Campus
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time – Until February 2027
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2, Counsellor Level 4, Occupational Therapist Level 4, Social Worker Level 4, Clinical Psychologist 
Requisition ID: REQ666031
Applications Close: Sunday 14th June 2026

About the role:

The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Mental Health Response Team (Safeguards) is a community based, rapid response and flexible, short-term, multidisciplinary service, delivering skilled, evidence-based interventions to resolve mental health crisis with young people and their families. The service includes comprehensive assessment and brief interventions, such as distress tolerance strategies, safety planning and service navigation/linkage.

You will plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within Safeguards Child & Adolescent Mental Health Response Team; to provide high quality, innovative, best practice care to children and adolescents aged 0-17 years, experiencing acute mental health distress.  

You will provide expert clinical support to the team under the leadership of the Safeguards Team Leader and Safeguards Psychiatrist, while supporting clinical governance, management of workflow, consistent with NSW Health, and HNE Health policies, procedures, and standards.  

This role includes responsibilities for consulting across the district in the area of expertise, provision of supervision, leadership of quality improvement initiatives, change management, leadership in evaluation and reporting on services, development of service improvements, development of education tools and the teaching of other health care colleagues and students on clinical placement. 

Requirements:
 

• Must hold a degree in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Clinical Psychology or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer, which provides eligibility or membership of the relevant professional association/full registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Eligible to drive in NSW.

What we offer

At Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
• Proximity to shopping and other services
• ADO's each month (for full time employees)
• Salary packaging options
• Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

Additional Information:
 

• To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. 
• An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.  
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.   

How to apply:

Click apply online, submit your information and resume, and address the criteria listed below providing examples that demonstrate your ability.
 

1. Demonstrated commitment to providing high-quality clinical service to children, young people and families
2. Ability to provide clinical leadership and contribute to service improvement activities within a Child and Adolescent mental health service. 
3. Demonstrated ability to mentor and support the professional development of other staff?

Need more information? 

  1) Click here for the Position Description 
  2) Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Sophie Phillips on Sophie.Phillips@health.nsw.gov.au