Mental Health Rehabilitation Clinician in Tamworth

Shape recovery journeys through expert mental health rehabilitation, clinical leadership and strong community partnerships.

About the Role

As a Mental Health Rehabilitation Clinician with the Northwest Community Mental Health Service, you’ll play a pivotal role in empowering consumers with complex mental health needs to achieve meaningful recovery, strengthen independence and enhance their quality of life. Through comprehensive rehabilitation assessments, personalised clinical interventions and coordinated care planning, you’ll help consumers work towards their individual goals and build pathways to a more fulfilling future. Bring your specialist expertise and leadership to the forefront by providing expert rehabilitation advice and clinical guidance to colleagues, while fostering strong partnerships with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Community Managed Organisations to connect consumers with the right supports and services. As a senior clinician, you’ll also have the opportunity to provide professional supervision, champion best practice within your discipline and advocate for your profession across the service, helping strengthen clinical practice and deliver exceptional, person-centred rehabilitation outcomes.

Where You’ll Be Working

Join the New England North West (NENW) Mental Health Service as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Clinician within the Northwest Community Mental Health team, where your expertise will contribute to meaningful recovery and improved outcomes for people experiencing complex mental health challenges. You’ll be part of a contemporary, forward-thinking service delivering specialised mental health rehabilitation and clinical consultation across communities throughout the Northwest district. Supported by a robust clinical governance framework and a passionate multidisciplinary leadership team, you’ll work in an environment that values evidence-based practice, professional collaboration and innovative approaches to ambulatory mental health care.

What we offer

• Be rewarded with up to $10,000 in the first 12 months PLUS up to $5,000 each year thereafter in fortnightly payments under the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.
• Proximity to shopping and other services
• ADO's each month (for full time employees)
• Salary packaging options
• Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

Requirements

Must hold a qualification in one of the following: Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Nursing, Social Work, Counsellor (Degree in Bachelor of Health Science Mental health, Djirruwang Program), which provides eligibility or membership of the relevant professional association / provisional or general registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. For a CNS2: relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years experience working in the clinical area of a post‑graduate qualification. Eligibility to drive in NSW and interstate and the willingness to travel in the course of employment.

Additional Information

To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies. This position is full time; however, job share and/or part time arrangements will be considered. We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.