Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification and Remuneration: Registered Nurse $81748.16-$114771.98/Occupational Therapist, Social Worker Level 1 $79419-$92801/Psychologist Year 2 $87984-$122465 + Super

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ702620

Location: Broken Hill NSW

We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia (only a 2 hour flight from Sydney) with everything you need right at your front door!

- Opportunity to make your mark in this new position within a truly supportive team
- Grow your career with us with ongoing learning and development

Broken Hill is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West What You'll Be Doing

- The MHPARC clinician will perform specialist mental health and drug and alcohol assessment and care planning for people experiencing mental health drug and alcohol problems.
- The MHPARC clinician will apply their levels of clinical expertise and knowledge to deliver high-quality, person-centred clinical interventions and psychosocial support to individuals receiving care across Mental Health Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) inpatient services, including the Mental Health Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre (MHPARC) and the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit.
- The clinician will work within a multidisciplinary team to support consumers through all stages of their recovery and rehabilitation journey by addressing clinical needs, facilitating access to community supports, enhancing coping strategies, and promoting individual recovery. The role includes comprehensive assessment, therapeutic engagement, care coordination, discharge planning, and advocacy, with a strong focus on recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive practice.

What Is On Offer

- 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
- Salary packaging (pay less tax!), and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.66k meal & entertainment
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month
- Fitness Passport
- Isolation and climate allowance
- Remote Area Housing Benefit
- Career development through frequent online and face-to-face learning opportunities
- A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing

About The Far West LHD The Far West Local Health District is 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.



Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton (Buronga), Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

About Broken Hill A true “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character.

Being

Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.

With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast-food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

How To Apply To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible.

- Applicants must meet 1 of the criteria below: a) Registered nurse: AHPRA reg as a RN with min 1 yr post reg clinical experience in Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol services. b) Occupational Therapy Level 1: AHPRA reg as an Occupational Therapist with min 1 yr clinical experience in Mental Health Drug and Alcohol services. c) Social Worker Level 1: A Bach of Social Work with eligibility for membership to AASW with min 1 yr clinical experience in Mental Health Drug and Alcohol services. d) Grad of the Djirruwang Bach of Health Science program with 1 yr clinical experience in Mental Health Drug and Alcohol services. e)



Psychologist Yr 2 or above: AHPRA provisional or full reg with Psychology Board of Aust with min 1 yr experience in Mental Health Drug and Alcohol services.
- Experience in assessment, intervention and care coordination in Adult Mental Health Drug and Alcohol services.
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems and apply professional and ethical boundaries when working with complex situations as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated application of evidence based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised person centred, recovery focused patient care.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills both written and verbal, including use and competence in the use of information technology systems.
- Proven ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team with a commitment to working with service partners, including families/carers and community managed organisations.
- Available to work across a 24/7 rotating roster.
- Current unrestricted Australian drivers licence (P2 licence acceptable) subject to obtaining NSW drivers licence within 3 months of appointment.

The Welcome Experience The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster. Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Need more information?

- Click here for the Position Description
- Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Tahlia Guerin on [email protected] Applications Close: 19 November 2026

Stepping Up The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health.

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If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit:

https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

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