Clinical Excellence - Mental Health Clinician Role Available Now!

Join our Southern Community Mental Health Service as a Mental Health Clinician, where you'll provide specialist assessment, treatment, and crisis intervention for clients experiencing acute mental health episodes across Adelaide's southern metropolitan region. This 0.8 FTE contract position at the Specialist Community Mental Health Service offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team, delivering evidence-based care whilst developing your clinical expertise in one of Australia's leading health networks. This position works across a 7 day roster. With competitive remuneration, comprehensive professional development, and the chance to make a meaningful difference in your community's mental health journey, this role represents an exceptional opportunity for career growth until August 2026.

About the role: 

Some of your duties as the Mental Health Clinician involve:

• Undertaking clinical assessments in the community setting for consumers experiencing a mental health related crisis.
• Applying specialist mental health expertise to the development, delivery and continuous improvement of quality clinical work, as well as  providing discipline specific assessments and interventions. 
• Engaging in a range of therapeutic interventions, for example Safety Planning, Gold Card Clinics and participating in the development and implementation of Towards Zero Suicide pathways.
• Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration and escalating appropriately. 
• Working collegially within the multi-disciplinary team, maintaining a consumer focus and implementing best practice initiatives.

About you:

• The successful incumbent will hold one of the following:
  • Social Worker  - Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives  eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
  • Clinical Psychologist - Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia(PsyBA), hold general registration with PsyBA and endorsement as a clinical psychologist/eligibility to participate in the registrar program. 
  • Occupational Therapist  -Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia. 
• Experience working with people who have mental illness, their families and/or carers. 
• Experience in the delivery of care coordination to mental health consumers. 
• Ability to work collaboratively with all key stake holder to design individual service plans and coordinate comprehensive service provision including rehabilitation programs from a psychosocial perspective, for consumers who have complex needs

Please see the attached Role Descriptions for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Louise Hann,  Team Manager – SCMHS Marion - Acute/Mood Team, (08) 7425 850, Louise.Hann@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 10th August 2025

Attachments:

• 911256 AHP2 Social Worker - Role Description.pdf
• 911256 AHP2 Psychologist - Role Description.pdf
• 911256 AHP2 Occupational Therapist - Role Description.pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 911256