Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week
Location: Liverpool Hospital Mental Health Service
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3, Social Worker Level 3
Remuneration: Dependant on Classification
Occupational Therapist Level 3: $112,396.00 - $116,038.00 per annum
Social Worker Level 3: $112,396.00 - $116,038.00 per annum
Requisition ID: REQ605508
Application Close Date: 21/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 24/09/2025 – 01/10/2025
Contact Details: Jennifer Markham – 0459 865 134 | Jennifer.Markham@health.nsw.gov.au

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

The Older Persons Community Mental Health Service is seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Clinician to step into a pivotal leadership role within our Older Person’s Mental Health team. This is a chance to lead with both head and heart—bringing your clinical expertise, empathy, and insight to guide a diverse, multidisciplinary team in delivering care that is person-centred, evidence-informed, and grounded in recovery principles.
The role provides advanced clinical expertise, leadership, and coordination in the delivery of high-quality mental health services to older people (65+ or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 50+) experiencing complex mental health issues. The role supports recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally safe care across community, residential, and inpatient settings.

TRANSFORMING YOUR EXPERIENCE

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO A POSITION IN NSW HEALTH, YOU MUST HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP OR PERMANENT AUSTRALIAN RESIDENCY.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ️ background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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As a senior clinician provide leadership, mentorship and supervision, to ensure the delivery of evidence-based, strengths focused, recovery orientated assessment and treatment within a multi-disciplinary team. Carry a clinical caseload, appropriate to the needs of the service.