Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Katoomba Community Health Centre
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ565397
Application Close: 12/06/2025
Position Classification & Remuneration: Dependent on qualifications
Occupational Therapist or Social Worker Level 4: $121,658.00 - $124,607.00 per annum
Nurse Unit Manager Level 2: $133,112.74 per annum
Clinical Psychologist: $109,247.00 - $133,156.00 per annum
Senior Clinical Psychologist: $139,137.00 - $147,107.00 per annum
Senior Psychologist: $119,206.00 - $129,171.00 per annum
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.

ABOUT US

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
NBMLHD Community Mental Health offers a range of specialised services for children, young people, families and older people, through our community-based services and health centres. Our multidisciplinary health professionals and case managers take a collaborative approach to mental health care by linking with their patients to work together and consult within an environment appropriate to the person’s needs.
An exciting Permanent Full Time opportunity has opened up within the Blue Mountains Access Health Team as the Team Leader. The Team Leader is required to possess expert level clinical skills which can be applied to novel, complex and critical situations, advanced professional knowledge, and will provide clinical leadership to ensure high standards of consumer care and the delivery of evidence-based, strengths-based assessment and interventions within the multi-disciplinary team.
The successful incumbent will be responsible for providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based assessments and interventions for people experiencing mental illness that require acute community mental health services across the Blue Mountains and Lithgow region.
If this is the kind of working environment for you and the opportunity excites you, please apply now!

• Registered Nurse Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and extensive relevant post registration experience in Mental Health. Occupational Therapist or Psychologist registered with AHPRA, or Post-graduate Masters or Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology and full registration as Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency AHPRA, or Social Worker eligible for membership to AASW with substantial experience in Mental Health.
• Demonstrated expert level skills in mental health assessment and interventions with application to novel and critical situations and experience working with people in a complex clinical setting requiring acute mental health support.
• Demonstrated management experience and/or proven ability to provide leadership within a multidisciplinary team context.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change within the workplace, balance competing demands and motivate staff.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and commitment to, a recovery focused model of care, incorporating consumer and carer consultation within the mental health service.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with good interpersonal skills, and computer literacy.
• Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary community mental health service issues.
• Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.
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