South Eastern Sydney Local Health District – Sydney CBD NSW

Mental Health Clinician, Acute Care Team / State-Wide Mental Health Telephone Access Line - Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time

Position Classification:Occupational Therapist Level 1/2, Psychologist, Registered Nurse, Social Worker Level 1/2

Remuneration:$79,419.00 - $122,465.00 per annum, plus superannuation

Hours Per Week:38

Requisition ID:REQ702213

Location: Randwick, Sydney

The SESLHD Mental Health Service is a specialised clinical service, providing care to a local population of over 930,000 residents in the Sydney metropolitan area. We provide care within both hospital and community settings to support people living with mental illness at times when acute intervention is needed, or to remain well in their community and lead their own recovery.

Learn more about us here:South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Come Work With Us

Are you an experienced Mental Health Clinician, looking for a change and who wants to help mental health consumers in times of crisis?Come and join our caring and compassionate team working shifts in both the Acute Care Teamand the State-Wide Mental Health Telephone Access Line (SMHTAL) providing a point of care and contact for mental health consumers in the community.

If you are an overseas qualified Social Worker, you are required to have your qualifications assessed by the AASW to meet the position criteria.

Where you'll be working

Acute Care Team, Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service (ESMHS), located on the Prince of Wales Hospital campus, Randwick





The role involves telephone triage and community based assessment and risk management of consumers with mental health concerns. The position is required to work as part of a 24 hour seven (7) day a week rotating roster.

Additional Benefits

- Financial advantages - Salary packaging options- Up to $9K for living expenses, $2.6K meal & entertainment, and Novated Leasing. Discounted Private Health Insurance.
- Work-life balance - Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
- Professional growth - Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning.
- Health & Wellbeing - Discounted gym memberships with aFitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Career development - Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable and to obtain personal regrade to Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 1 status where relevant (Nursing Only).

Selection Criteria

- Social Worker or Occupational Therapist qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award, current full registration with AHPRA and/or eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Registered Nurse with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.



Psychologist with a four year degree in psychology and registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA).
- Demonstrated core competency skills in Mental Health interventions in the Community and experience in providing comprehensive mental health assessments
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills, and the ability to proactively engage with patients/clients to enhance service delivery
- Demonstrated experience working with people with an acute mental illness or disorder
- Demonstrated experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to exercise independent professional judgement on routine matters, commensurate with years of experience
- Demonstrated computer skills and the capacity to use health information systems
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement and evidence based practice and a commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning

Application close

8 November 2026

For more information we encourage you to contact Jenny Nagle on ***@health.nsw.gov.au

Interviews are expected to be held between 16 November 2026 and 20 November 2026

Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing. We encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

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