Overview
Community Mental Health Clinician - Goulburn & Yass – Permanent Full Time. Location: Goulburn & Yass. Hours per week: 38. Requisition ID: REQ. Applications Close: 5 October 2025. Interview Details: Scheduled within 10 days of closing. This position qualifies for the NSW Health Rural Incentive Scheme with a value of up to $5,000.
About The Service
Community Mental Health Clinicians - Making a Real Difference in People’s Lives
Are you passionate about supporting mental wellness in the community? At Southern, our Community Mental Health Clinicians provide expert assessment, therapy, and care coordination for individuals navigating mental health challenges - right where they live. You’ll be part of a compassionate, multidisciplinary team committed to promoting recovery and resilience. Make a real difference - support mental health recovery where people live, work, and thrive.
What You’ll Be Doing
The Community Mental Health Clinician provides recovery focused clinical services including assessment, care coordination, intervention, liaison and review as part of a multidisciplinary team for people who are referred to the service with a mental illness, distress and/or risk issues.
Support for Applicants / Benefits
- Applicants for this position may qualify for the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme (RHWIS)
- Working within SNSWLHD
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Salary packaging options
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, and annual Influenza vaccinations
- A team that values your expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle
- Moving to the area? Visit The Welcome Experience | NSW Government
Selection Criteria / Qualifications
- Tertiary Qualifications and current registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist OR tertiary qualifications for Social Worker, Counsellor or Welfare Officer with eligibility for membership for relevant professional association.
- Demonstrated experience in the provision of contemporary clinical mental health practice including conducting mental health assessments, and the provision of evidence based interventions for people who are experiencing mental illness.
- Demonstrated understanding of the NSW Mental Health Act (2007).
- Understanding of the concept and principles of mental health rehabilitation and recovery and demonstrated experience and skills using a collaborative, strengths based approach to the care of mental health consumers.
- Demonstrated high level communication skills with the ability to engage and collaborate with consumers, their families and carers and other stakeholders, and a demonstrated high level proficiency in computer literacy.
- Current unrestricted driver’s license and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances.
Eligibility & Information for Applicants
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to closing the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Stepping Up website supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job applicants through the NSW Health recruitment process. This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015 prior to offer. All recent employees must comply with the policy. Southern NSW Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ people, and others who bring diverse experiences and perspectives.
If you require accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply. Email: for confidential support. To be eligible for permanent employment you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. For more information, visit
Role Specifics
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Goulburn & Yass
Position Classification: Dependent upon qualifications
Salary (varies by role):
- Counsellor Lvl 1/2: $73,427 - $104,753 per annum
- Occupational Therapist Lvl 1/2: $73,427 - $104,753 per annum
- Psychologist: $77,358 - $113,226 per annum
- Registered Nurse: $72,152.53 - $101,299.48 per annum
- Social Worker Lvl 1/2: $73,427 - $104,753 per annum
- Welfare Officer Lvl 1/2: $73,427 - $104,753 per annum
Hours per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ
Application Close: 5 October 2025
Interview: Scheduled within 10 days of closing
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply and learn more about the role.
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