Job Description

Senior Clinician – Adult Mental Health (UAMHS)
Location: Chatswood, NSW
Type: Permanent Full-Time,
Salary: HPA Level 3 $48.23 - $53.31per hour (commensurate with experience) + Salary Packaging upto $18,500pa
Advert Closing: Sunday, 11:55pm 28th June 2026

About the Role
Uniting is seeking an experienced Senior Clinician to join the Adult Mental Health (UAMHS) team based in Chatswood.
This is a community-based, multidisciplinary role supporting adults (18+) across the Northern Sydney region. You will provide autonomous, structured psychological interventions and wrap-around support, working closely with GPs and allied health professionals.
The service is recovery-focused and designed to deliver up to 12 months of support for clients referred primarily through GPs. You will play a key role in assessment, treatment planning, and coordinated care within a collaborative clinical environment led by a Psychiatrist (Clinical Lead).
About the Program
The Uniting Adult Mental Health program is designed to support clients over the age of 18 living in the Northern Sydney area for up to 12 months. The program primarily receives referrals from GPs and focuses on providing primary mental health care, medication management, and therapeutic interventions. As a Clinician, you will work closely with GPs, ensuring that clients' care plans are effectively implemented and that discharge planning is handled smoothly, whether that involves returning the client to their GP’s care or transitioning them to another service.
Each clinician manages their own case load and is supported in practicing specialist psychological interventions such as RO-DBT, schema therapy psychodynamic therapy, family systems therapeutic modalities. Clinicians also provide case management and wrap around supports.
Your Day-to-Day
• Provide evidence-based psychological interventions to adult clients
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, mental state examinations, and biopsychosocial assessments
• Manage your own caseload with autonomy and clinical support
• Deliver structured interventions including CBT and other modalities
• Participate in weekly multidisciplinary case review meetings
• Collaborate closely with GPs, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and addiction specialists
• Support care coordination, referral pathways, and discharge planning
• Work within a supportive, reflective, and learning-focused team environment
What You’ll Need
• Degree-qualified in Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Nursing, or Occupational Therapy
• AHPRA registration or eligibility (or AASW membership for Social Workers)
• Strong experience in adult mental health settings
• Demonstrated ability in risk assessment, mental state examination, and biopsychosocial assessment
• Experience delivering psychological interventions (particularly CBT)
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing to a multidisciplinary team
• Strong communication and collaborative care skills
Why Join Uniting?
• Salary Packaging – increase your take-home pay by reducing taxable income
• 4 Me Days – extra paid leave each year (pro rata) to rest, recharge, and focus on what matters most
• 4 CPD Days per calendar year (pro-rata Part time employees)
• Fitness Passport – support for your wellbeing
• U Rewards – discounts from top retailers
• Supportive multidisciplinary team environment with strong clinical supervision
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Opportunity to develop skills in RO-DBT, schema therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and family systems approaches
• Meaningful work supporting adults in the community to achieve recovery-focused goals
• Inclusive, values-driven organisation committed to social justice and wellbeing

Questions?
Pallavi Bhatia – Talent Acquisition Specialist; • pbhatia@uniting.org
About Uniting
Uniting NSW.ACT contributes to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.
Empowered by diversity
At Uniting, inclusion isn’t just something we value – it’s how we work. Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.