Mental Health Clinician Assertive Outreach Team

Job Description:

• Role Title: Mental Health Clinician - Assertive Outreach Team

• Role Type: Permanent Full-time

• Position Grade: Multi-classification (Registered Nurse Psychologist Social Worker or Occupational Therapist)

• Department and Location: Assertive Outreach Team

• Salary: $74317- $117755 p.a. Super Salary Packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.

About the Role:

• Deliver high-quality evidence-based mental health care to adults experiencing primary homelessness mental illness and co-occurring needs using a person-centred strengths-based trauma-informed and harm-reduction approach.

• Conduct comprehensive assessments provide clinical interventions care planning advocacy referral and care coordination to support improved health and wellbeing outcomes.

• Lead and coordinate client care across multiple settings including participation in multidisciplinary reviews case conferences and collaborative care planning.

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with clients their cultural social and professional supports and health and community services across multiple Local Health Districts.

• Support patients to transition to and engage confidently with mainstream and specialist health services.

• Maintain professional accountability through accurate documentation reporting clinical supervision ongoing professional development and active participation in service development and quality improvement activities.

About You:

• Relevant qualifications as a Registered Nurse Psychologist Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with current AHPRA registration (or eligibility for AASW membership) and a current NSW Drivers Licence.

• At least five years experience providing mental health assessment treatment referral and care coordination to people with comorbid health and support needs in a community setting.

• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to working with people experiencing homelessness using trauma-informed strengths-based and client-centred approaches.

• Proven ability to coordinate healthcare take a lead role within multidisciplinary and multi-agency support networks and contribute to service development and quality improvement.

• Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills

• Demonstrated commitment to clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.

• Well-developed computer literacy including effective use of email and electronic patient record systems.

Why Work at St Vincents

• 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 to make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave

About the Hospital:
In this role you will be based at St Vincents 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 AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health

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.

How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 29 January 2026.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest skills and experience align with the About You listed above.

Further information please contact

Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents 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.

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