Job Description:
- Role title: Specialist Mental Health Liaison and Outpatient Manager
- Role type: Max-term Full-time (till March 2027)
- Role grade: HSM Level 3
- Department and location: Mental Health Service
- Salary: $132,236 - $150,222 p.a. + 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
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple specialist mental health services within the SVHNS Inner City Health Stream, including Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Older People’s Mental Health (inpatient and community), Eating Disorders (inpatient and outpatient), and the Aboriginal Mental Health & Wellbeing Service.
- Lead and manage a large, diverse multidisciplinary workforce (nursing, allied health, psychology, clinical neuropsychology, dietetics, peer workers and medical staff), with responsibility for workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, supervision, wellbeing, and day-to-day operational support.
- Ensure strong clinical governance and safety across all services by overseeing compliance with policies and governance frameworks, monitoring risks and incidents, leading or participating in clinical review processes, and supporting high-quality, patient-centred and recovery-oriented care.
- Drive service development, quality improvement, and redesign initiatives, including model of care development, evaluation activities, research engagement, and alignment with NSW Health and local strategic priorities.
- Promote and embed culturally safe, trauma-informed practice across all teams, and support the Aboriginal Mental Health & Wellbeing Coordinator to implement NSW Health strategies and local initiatives that improve outcomes for Aboriginal consumers and communities.
- Build and maintain strong internal and external partnerships with primary care, NGOs, Local Health Districts, NSW Police and Ambulance, CESPHN, Aboriginal Medical Services, and other stakeholders, while contributing to service planning, KPI monitoring, reporting, and briefings to senior leadership.
About you
- Relevant tertiary qualification in a health-related or community development field, and/or appropriate health experience, including relevant work experience in mental health.
- Demonstrated experience managing operational, financial, human resource, and workplace health and safety considerations within complex health services.
- Proven ability to identify partnership opportunities and successfully build and manage relationships with external stakeholders.
- Minimum of five years’ experience working in mental health in a clinical capacity, with specific experience in adult and/or older persons’ mental health.
- Demonstrated experience in quality improvement initiatives, and the development and implementation of clinical policies and procedures.
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills, strong computer literacy, and experience using email and electronic patient record systems.
- Effective time management skills with a demonstrated ability to prioritise work and meet competing and conflicting deadlines.
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. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
- Committed to 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, HIV/AIDS, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.
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.
As part of our commitment to reconciliation we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.
How to apply
The closing date for applications is 30 January 2026.
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the ‘About You’ section of this job advert.
For more information or a copy of the position description contact TalentHealthNSW@svha.org.au
Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
Reconciliation Action Plan:
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
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