Senior Clinician - Community Mental Health

Senior Clinician - Community Mental Health – Wagga Wagga

Looking for a way to make a real impact on our community? Be at the forefront of a dynamic workforce providing mental wellbeing services.

With a rewarding career, you can be part of the vibrant and professional team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

Our benefits:
Financial:

• 12% superannuation

• Salary packaging and novated leasing

• Annual leave with 17.5% leave loading (for full-time and part-time staff)

• Relocation Assistance considerations

• 482 Sponsorship Considerations

Work-Life Balance:

• Paid maternity/ parental leave (for more information)

• Generous leave options like long service and carers leave

Health & Wellbeing:

• Discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport

• Free and confidential support for staff and their families via our Staff Wellbeing and Support Service (EAP)

• Wellbeing programs that promote mental health, resilience, and balance

Employment Type: Permanent Full / Part Time and Casual opportunities 
Position Classification: Social Worker Lvl 3, Occupational Therapist Lvl 3, Psychologist, Snr Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist 
Remuneration: $80,452.00 - $138,482.00 per annum, pro rata (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ674930
Location: Wagga Wagga

 

Who we are:

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.

What you’ll be doing:

The Senior Community Mental Health Professional is responsible for providing advanced evidence-based, strengths focused, recovery orientated assessment and treatment within a multi-disciplinary team and coordinating consumers' recovery plans.

The senior role is also responsible for complex clinical decision making, supervision and consultancy to colleagues, Community Managed Organisations, GPs and our community. The role will include supporting orientation, induction and mentorship of new clinical staff. The role will participate in quality improvement activities, clinical supervision and leadership responsibilities as required.

The Senior Community Mental Health Professional provides expert and effective mental health intervention, assessment and crisis service to people experiencing an acute mental health concern in the community. This involves proactive mental health assessment and engagement in community settings.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Australian recognised tertiary qualifications in nursing, psychology, clinical psychology, or other recognised qualification within the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award (i.e., social work, occupational therapy) and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Nurses or eligibility for membership of the relevant discipline peak body e.g., AASW for Social Workers 

• Current relevant / transferrable skills / experience

• NSW Working with children clearance

• Drivers licence

More information:

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  2) Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Kate Angel Team Manager, Wagga Wagga Community Mental Health Drug & Alcohol, 02 59434400 or Kate.Angel@health.nsw.gov.au

 Applications close: 2 August 2026

MLHD welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.

If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have. 

NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.