Role Title: Community Mental Health Clinician
Role Type: Max-term Full-time (till 30 June 2026)
Department: Community Mental Health
Salary: $73,427 - $113,226 + Super + Salary Packaging
Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.
About the Role:
Deliver high-quality mental health interventions within a multidisciplinary community setting, supporting clients with complex needs including mental illness, substance use and homelessness using a recovery-focused framework.
Lead, coordinate and direct client care, ensuring treatment is responsive, holistic, and aligned with individual goals and support networks.
Maintain accurate and timely case records, documentation, and data reporting to meet clinical, legislative, and service requirements.
Actively monitor, manage and escalate changes in client risk status to ensure safety, appropriate intervention, and continuity of care.
Collaborate effectively with internal teams, external service providers, families, carers, and community networks to support integrated, client-centred outcomes.
About You:
Relevant qualifications in Nursing, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work, with full AHPRA registration (or AASW eligibility for Social Workers), and a current unrestricted NSW driver’s licence.
Demonstrated experience working within a Community Mental Health position as part of a multidisciplinary health care team.
Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality client care and services that support families and carers of people living with mental illness.
Committed to the provision of recovery-focused, holistic mental health interventions.
Highly organised with excellent computer, written and verbal communication skills, effective interpersonal and organisational capability, including confidence using an electronic medical record system.
Why Work at St Vincent’s?
Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary tax-free
Financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
About the Hospital:
In this role, you will be based at St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst.
A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
Surrounded by great cafes, galleries, and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health
Pre-employment Checks:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
Equal Opportunity:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 5 January 2026.
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the 'About you' as listed above.
Further information please contact TalentHealthNSW@svha.org.au.
Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan