Zero Suicides in Care - Suicide Prevention Outreach Team (SPOT)

Far West Local Health District; Broken Hill; On-site; AUD 79,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Salary packaging

Isolation allowance

Remote area housing assistance

Fitness passport

Education and training support

Country lifestyle

Job summary

Far West Local Health District in Broken Hill is seeking clinicians for the Suicide Prevention Outreach team (SPOT). The role provides after-hours care and follow-up to people in suicidal distress, working with peer workers to deliver recovery-oriented support and crisis response.

The position covers Broken Hill and surrounding communities, with face-to-face and telehealth delivery, flexible arrangements, and opportunities for professional development and education.

Qualifications

• Are you a Mental Health Nurse/Social Worker or Psychologist looking to move and specialise more in Outreach?
• Do you have 2-3 years' experience as a sole clinician looking to grow and develop
• Are you looking for flexibility?

Responsibilities

• The SPOT team provides after-hours care and follow-up to people experiencing or recovering from suicidal distress.
• Clinicians will provide recovery-oriented support, crisis response, safety planning and advocacy.
• Work will be primarily face-to-face and via telehealth to Broken Hill and surrounding communities.

Skills

Outreach experience

Crisis support

Team collaboration

Job description

This position qualifies for an annual Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (conditions apply and may be pro-rata’d to your contracted or ordinary working hours, these payments are paid on a fortnightly basis) under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme. This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.

Employment Type:

Permanent Full Time

Position Classification:

Psychologist/Social Worker/Welfare Officer/Counsellor/Registered Nurse (Dependent on Qualification and Experience)

Remuneration:

$79,419 - $122,465 + Superannuation

Hours Per Week:

38

Requisition ID:

REQ702088

Location:

Broken Hill

We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia (only a 2 hour flight from Sydney) with everything you need right at your front door!

Broken Hill is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West

• Are you a Mental Health Nurse/Social Worker or Psychologist looking to move and specialise more in Outreach?
• Do you have 2-3 years' experience as a sole clinician looking to grow and develop
• Are you looking for flexibility?

What You'll Be Doing

The Suicide Prevention Outreach team (SPOT), consisting of clinicians and peer workers, are an after-hours mobile team who provide afterhours care and follow-up to people who are experiencing or recovering from suicidal distress.

The SPOT clinicians will work alongside peer workers to provide recovery-oriented support for people who are in crisis. Support may include crisis response, assertive follow up, psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, individual peer support, advocacy, and collaborative identification of community supports.

The position will provide support to Broken Hill and surrounding communities of the Far West LHD, primarily via face to face and telehealth communications.

What's On Offer

• 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
• Salary packaging (pay less tax!)
• Isolation & climate allowance
• Remote Area Housing Assistance Benefits
• Fitness passport
• Support through advanced education and training
• A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing

About The Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

About Broken Hill

A true "Oasis in the Outback", Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia's first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries (more than pubs)! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.

With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

The beautiful Murray-Riverina region is just 2.5 hours from Broken Hill, and after a short, 5-hour drive you can enjoy the beautiful Barossa Valley - South Australia's internationally acclaimed wine region. For a town so unique, it’s really not that far away with just a short 1hr15m flight from Adelaide, a 2hr flight from Melbourne or a 2hr30m flight from Sydney.

Applications Close: 13 November 2026

Stepping Up

The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West 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.

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