Job description
For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.
Position details
- Part Time, Permanent Position (0.8 FTE)
- Classification: Health Professional Level 2 OR Registered Nurse Level 2 with a salary range of $91,706 – $102,613 per annum, pro rata + Superannuation
- Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living andentertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year.
- Generous above-award pay and entitlements (see details below)
- Location: Hurstville, NSW
About Neami National
“We’re Neami. We’re big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life – and we give our all to support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them.
For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. Everyone has different life goals, and at Neami, we walk alongside people to help improve their quality of life on their terms.
We’re proud to support 30,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands. These services include mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.”
Values
Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.
- Connecting
- Collaborating
- Learning
- Belonging
About your new role
As an Allied Health Professional, you will draw on your discipline skills, engage with participants, other clinicians, the participant’s treatment team, lived experience peer workers, Neami staff and family/friends/carers to provide high quality evidence-based interventions to facilitate goal focused support to improve overall wellbeing and safety to service participants.
Interventions will be flexible and tailored to meet individual need, with a focus on building capacity to self-manage distress. Therapeutic interventions may include, but are not limited to: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Brief Strategic/ Interactional Therapies, Brief Humanistic Existential Therapies, Brief Psychodynamic Therapy, Motivational Intervening, and Single Session Thinking.
What you will bring to the role
- As a Mental Health Clinician, you will have registration with the relevant accreditation body in your field. It is a responsibility of the incumbent to maintain all registrations requirements with the appropriate registration authority and continuing professional development
- Psychologist, Social Worker, Nurse, or Occupational Therapist – General or Clinical Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA or AASW)
- Experience in providing therapeutic intervention to people presenting in distress.
- Ability to work well autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
- Formal tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy
- Current full registration as a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA/ or AASW) essential.
What will Neami offer in return?
- Generous additional leave entitlements including 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave, 6 weeks Paid Partner Leave, 2 days Wellness Leave, 2 days additional Carer’s Leave and 3 days Compassionate Leave per occasion
- Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
- Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
- Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS – providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
- Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance.
What the role requires
- National Criminal History Check (police check) – disclosable outcomes considered
- Current Working with Children Check – required before commencement of work
- Australian working rights
How to Apply
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (select paper clip icon).
To apply for this position, please:
- Click the ‘Apply Now‘ button where you will need to create a username and password.
- Upload your resume and cover letter.
When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked).
Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).
If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:
Ingrid Stefan, Service Manager or Judith Fahle, Senior Practice Leader – The Way Back NSW – Hurstville:
- [email protected]
- Judith.[email protected], using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician – Hurstville enquiry via EthicalJobs.
If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We’re passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.
If your application is shortlisted:
- We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
- We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.
Be Yourself – Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.