Clinical Manager, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) - St George MHS

Clinical Manager, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) - St George Mental Health Service
Employment Type:TemporaryFull Time (through to January 2028)
Position Classification:Clinical Psychologist, Nurse Unit Manager Level 2, Occupational Therapist Level 5, Psychologist, Senior Psychologist, Social Worker Level 5
Remuneration:$83,670.00 - $150,816.94 per annum, plus superannuation
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ701135
Location: Kogarah, 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 MH clinician with a background and interest in Child and Adolescent Mental Health? An exciting temporary prospect awaits to manage and lead an innovative team.

The Clinical Manager Child, and Adolescent Mental Health Services CAMHS SGH will provide expert operational and clinical leadership, and supervision to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality mental health care and efficient use of resources across the St George Mental Health Service.

The Clinical Manager will oversee the provision of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical services that meet the needs of the children and young people presenting to CAMHS at Kirk Place in Kogarah.





The Clinical Manager is responsible for liaising and providing consultation to other mental health and general health teams as well as relevant external agencies, ensuring staff comply with professional and organisational obligations in relation to policies, procedures, and risk management

There is also a small Peri-Natal, Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) component within the team which is managed in the same way by the Clinical Manager.

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

Role is based at Kirk Place, Kogarah. Travel to other sites in SESLHD may be required.

Additional Benefits

- Financial benefits - 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 relevant (Nursing Only).

Selection Criteria

- Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award. Professional qualifications in Social Work (eligible for membership of AASW) or Occupational Therapy (with current APHRA registration), or Registered Nurse (with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia), or Senior Psychologist with a recognised four year degree in Psychology (with full registration with AHPRA), and at least 8 years’ post registration experience; or Clinical Psychologist with full registration with AHPRA and Endorsement in Clinical Psychology (or eligibility to progress to same), along with a minimum two-year full time equivalent Master or Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology.
- Extensive knowledge, clinical experience and leadership in the management and delivery of health care services, in particular a complex child & adolescent community mental health setting.
- Ability to provide high level of guidance, leadership and management in cutting-edge clinical service delivery, harm minimisation and practice development
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent skilled judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and demonstrated application of evidence-based practice within mental health services.
- Proven ability to create and maintain a positive

📌 Clinical Manager, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Sydney)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Sydney