Adult Mental Health Clinician
*This position qualifies for incentives under the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, including up to $10,000 sign on incentive, and up to $5,000 each year (incentive value dependent on full‑time equivalent, position and location). Find out more here.
Looking for a clinician role with better work‑life balance? Join the vibrant and qualified team working with people within Community Mental Health Services.
Be part of the vibrant and professional team improving and enriching the health of our communities in millions of ways every day.
Our benefits:
- Family‑friendly hours
- Mentally stimulating work
- Endless opportunities for professional and personal growth
- 482 Sponsorship considerations
- Relocation support considerations
- Salary packaging, novated leasing, and Health and Wellbeing Support
Employment type: Full Time, Part Time and casual opportunities available
Position classification: Dependent on qualifications
Remuneration: $73,427.00 – $113,226.00 per annum (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week: Up to 38 hours per week
Requisition ID: REQ
Location: Young Community Mental Health
Who we are:
The Young CMHAOD team has approximately 10 multidisciplinary clinicians and a range of support staff, who provide MH AOD services, across the lifespan. Young CMHAOD is collocated with Young Health Service.
We work closely with Medicare Mental Health and other community organisations to ensure people receive the right care for their needs. At a district level we have access to clinical leaders for MH, AOD and other specialty services such as Aboriginal Mental Health, eating disorders and Perinatal Infant Mental Health.
What you’ll be doing:
This clinical position involves the provision of assessments, evidence based treatment and case management services to adults referred to the service with psychological disorders and psychiatric illnesses.
This position is based within a multidisciplinary community Mental Health team and accepts responsibility and accountability for the provision of quality and safe care for people with a mental illness, disorder or dysfunction, people with emotional difficulties and experiencing life transition, distress and/or crisis within best practice guidelines and in accordance with skilled standards, medico legal and statutory requirements. The position also involves the provision of mental health crisis intervention services to individuals of all ages (when rostered, on‑call and/or shift work, as part of a 24 hour 7 day roster).
Criteria:
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Relevant qualification and registration as listed in the classifications of the position description
- Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency for Registered Nurses, Psychologists. Eligibility for membership of the peak body professional association eg AASW
- Compliance with Vaccination Category A
- Class C Driving License
More information:
- Download the position description
- Find out more about applying for this position.
For role related queries or questions contact Anne Clancy, Nurse Manager – Young at 02 6382 8709 or
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.
Applications close: 28 November 2025
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