Senior Specialist Rehabilitation Clinician
An exciting opportunity to lead a dynamic and values driven community mental health team supporting adult mental health consumers in their recovery and wellbeing.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Remuneration: Dependent on Qualification
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ582737
Salary (Per week):
Allied Health Professional (Level 4): $2,331.57 - $2,388.09
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2): $2,170.30 - $2,241.60
Psychologist: $1,482.56 - $2,169.97
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Across Macquarie Hospital, Brookvale Community Health Centre and Hornsby Hospital
What you'll be doing
The Senior Specialist Rehabilitation Clinician will lead and promote the delivery of a high quality multidisciplinary specialist MHDA rehabilitation services through expert clinical input; leadership, guidance and line management.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Current Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration or eligibility for membership with the AASW. Minimum Bachelors degree in Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Diversional Therapy, or Nursing. Clinical Nurse Specialist requires relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification, or other such qualifications or equivalent experience. Occupational Therapists, Diversional Therapists, and Social Workers require minimum experience at Level 2.
- High level clinical skills and extensive experience with providing mental health rehabilitation services within a recovery paradigm, clinical experience with a variety of psychosocial assessments and interventions to assist in consumer goal attainment including but not limited to psycho-education, family work, motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy partnerships with health and other sector providers including government and non-government agencies
- To support the MHDA Clinical Rehabilitation Manager by regularly meeting and liaising with the Sector Director/Sector Managers regarding the allocation of resources, Specialist Rehabilitation Service performance development/management and rehabilitation portfolio responsibilities.
- Independently execute a range of strategies to support the effective recruitment, leadership, management, development and performance of the multi-disciplinary specialist clinical team and play an active role in team culture development and practices which value diversity and foster learning.
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For role related queries or questions contact Linda Smitala on linda.smitala@health.nsw.gov.au
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 . 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.
Applications Close: 25 June 2025
