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

Far West Local Health District; Broken Hill; Presencial; AUD 79.000 - 122.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

5 weeks annual leave

Salary packaging

Isolation & climate allowance

Remote Area Housing Assistance

Benefits

Fitness passport

Support through education and training

Country lifestyle and wellbeing

Descripción de la vacante

The Far West Local Health District is offering a Permanent Full Time position for a mental health clinician (Nurse, Social Worker, Psychologist, Welfare Officer, Counsellor or Registered Nurse depending on qualification and experience) in Broken Hill. The role focuses on outreach and after-hours crisis support with a dedicated SPOT team.

Salary Range: $79,419 – $122,465 plus Superannuation, 38-hour week, remote and rural incentives and opportunities for advanced education and training.

Formación

• Permanent full-time position within NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.
• Requires mental health clinical experience as a sole clinician in outreach settings.
• Flexibility to work across Psychiatry/Psychology/Social Work/Welfare/Counselling depending on qualification and experience.

Responsabilidades

• Provide after-hours crisis care and follow-up as part of the Suicide Prevention Outreach team (SPOT).
• Deliver crisis response, advocacy, safety planning, and recovery/wellbeing planning.
• Conduct face-to-face and telehealth outreach to Broken Hill and surrounding Far West communities.

Descripción del empleo

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.

The Welcome Experience

Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

For role related queries or questions contact Cameron Leiper on [e-mail]

Applications Close: 13 November 2026

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.