- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Noarlunga Health Precinct – Acute/Mood Team
- Salary $90,913 - $114,917 p.a. (Pro Rata) RN/M2C
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- Short term contract until March 2027, 22.5 hours per week

DBT Therapist | Bring Your Specialist Skills to a Supportive, Evidence-Based Mental Health Service

Join SALHN Mental Health Services as a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Therapist and play an important role in supporting consumers to improve their wellbeing, build resilience and develop greater capacity for self-management.

About the role:

Reporting to the team manager, you will provide individual therapy, group work and phone coaching, while supporting the DBT Coordinator in delivering high-quality, consumer-focused care.

Duties for the role will include:

- Provide proficient, person centred, clinical nursing/midwifery care and/or individual case management to patients/clients in a defined clinical area.
- Undertaking a clinical case load and providing individual care coordination to consumers with complex and specialised needs utilising discipline-specific expertise.
- Undertaking assessments, risk assessments and interventions to increase a consumer’s functional capacity.
- Evaluating the progress made with each consumer, and when appropriate, facilitating transfer of care in a timely manner.

About you:

- Competence in evidence-based DBT interventions




- Advanced skills in undertaking a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment including risk assessments
- High level of competence in designing and implementing evidence-based psychological interventions
- Ability to be creative, innovative and versatile when approaching issues within the clinical setting.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in collaborative development, implementation and monitoring of planned interventions for consumers with complex needs.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

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Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday, 25th October 2026

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Applicant Information:

- We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Clickto find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 951490

📌 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Therapist (Adelaide)
🏢 Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
📍 Adelaide