Police, Ambulance and Clinical Early Response (PACER) Clinician
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- Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
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- REQ592930 Requisition #
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Location: Nepean Hospital
Hours Per Week: 32
Requisition ID: REQ592930
Applications Close: 07/08/2025
Position Classification and Remuneration: Dependent on Qualifications
Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2: $66.50 - $67.83 per hour
Occupational Therapist Level 4: $61.35 - $62.84 per hour
Senior Psychologist: $60.12 - $65.14 per hour
Social Worker Level 4: $61.35 - $62.84 per hour
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
The Nepean Mental Health Centre provides inpatient care for people experiencing acute mental health issues through the short-stay Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC), the Acute Mental Health Unit, Mental Health High Dependency Unit, and Older Persons Mental Health Unit. We support our Patients by linking them to case managers for ongoing treatment and support within an environment appropriate to the person's needs.
Are you passionate about making a real difference in crisis mental health care? Nepean Hospital is looking for a committed an experienced PACER Mental Health Clinician to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team in a part-time capacity.
As a PACER Mental Health Clinician, you will work in a collaborative co-responder model alongside NSW Police to respond as a team to Mental Health crises within the community. This role will see you provide timely and effective Mental Health triage, risk assessment and intervention alongside emergency services. You will facilitate appropriate diversion from emergency departments and inpatient care when possible and support individuals in crisis with a recovery-oriented, trauma-informed approach.
Join a team that is transforming Mental Health responses and supporting our community by providing timely on-site access to Mental Health assessment and management. If you are committed to high-quality Mental Health care and thrive in a mobile, fast-paced clinical setting, we want to hear from you.
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
What you will bring to the role
- Qualifications and experience in mental health: • Occupational Therapy: minimum Bachelor degree and 3 years’ full time equivalent experience and APHRA registration as an occupational therapist • Social Work: minimum Bachelor degree and 3 years’ full time equivalent experience with eligibility for AASW membership • Nursing: minimum Bachelor degree in nursing and post graduate qualifications in mental health/related area and minimum 5 years’ full time equivalent experience • Psychology: Full registration with AHPRA as a Psychologist and a current Senior Psychologist or eligible for Senior Psychologist grading (with no less than 12 months service at the 9th year of service and thereafter rate).
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, as well as consumers and carers
- Demonstrated advanced communication and inter-personal skills across a variety of mediums including effective negotiation skills with a range of internal and external key partners
- Proven ability to work autonomously, provide senior clinical leadership and make clinical decisions in the management and care of mental health consumers
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in providing clinical assessment, care planning and coordination with mental health consumers within a strengths and recovery oriented framework
- Demonstrated ability to foster interagency collaboration to support coordinated and integrated mental health emergency response to consumers in crisis
- Demonstrated high level problem solving skills and a proven ability to comply with protocols in relation to staff safety in all service provision settings
- Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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For role related queries or questions contact Samuel Cruickshank on samuel.cruickshank@health.nsw.gov.au
