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About the Role

Provide clinical and operational leadership to the STP and ADS outpatient allied health team to support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based and person-centred care. Maintain an advanced clinical caseload, including biopsychosocial assessments, care planning, brief interventions and ongoing treatment for clients experiencing stimulant and other substance use concerns. Coordinate client intake, triage, allocation and review processes, and facilitate Clinical Review Meetings and case reviews to support effective service delivery and complex clinical decision-making. Provide clinical consultation, mentoring, supervision and workforce development support to multidisciplinary clinicians across ADS Community Outpatients. Support the implementation, monitoring and ongoing development of the STP and S-Check Models of Care, including service evaluation, quality improvement, clinical governance and policy activities. Monitor service performance, documentation, compliance and stakeholder relationships to support safe, effective and accountable service delivery and improved client outcomes.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical and operational leadership to the STP and ADS outpatient allied health team.
Support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based and person-centred care.
Maintain an advanced clinical caseload, including biopsychosocial assessments, care planning, brief interventions and ongoing treatment for clients experiencing stimulant and other substance use concerns.
Coordinate client intake, triage, allocation and review processes.
Facilitate Clinical Review Meetings and case reviews to support effective service delivery and complex clinical decision-making.
Provide clinical consultation, mentoring, supervision and workforce development support to multidisciplinary clinicians across ADS Community Outpatients.
Support the implementation, monitoring and ongoing development of the STP and S-Check Models of Care.
Include service evaluation, quality improvement, clinical governance and policy activities.
Monitor service performance, documentation, compliance and stakeholder relationships.
Support safe, effective and accountable service delivery and improved client outcomes.

Requirements

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Counselling, Social Work, Psychology or another behavioural science discipline, with eligibility for membership of the relevant professional association.
Extensive clinical experience in alcohol and other drug treatment, including assessment, care planning, brief intervention and therapeutic treatment of clients with complex substance use and co-occurring mental health presentations.
Advanced knowledge of contemporary evidence-based treatment approaches for substance use disorders, including harm reduction, motivational interviewing and strengths-based practice.
Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership, consultation, mentoring and workforce development support.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary clinical services and reflective practice.
Demonstrated experience in quality improvement, clinical governance, service evaluation, policy development.
Demonstrated experience in building effective relationships through high-level communication and organisational skills.
Must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australian visa that grants the necessary work rights.

Skills

Clinical leadership
Operational leadership
Biopsychosocial assessments
Care planning
Brief interventions
Ongoing treatment
Client intake coordination
Triage
Allocation
Review processes
Clinical consultation
Mentoring
Supervision
Workforce development
Model of Care implementation
Service evaluation
Quality improvement
Clinical governance
Policy development
Service performance monitoring
Documentation
Compliance monitoring
Stakeholder relationship management
Harm reduction
Motivational interviewing
Strengths-based practice
Communication skills
Organisational skills

Location

St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney
Community Outpatients - Drug Health Service

Work Type

Max term contract
Full time

Experience Level

Senior Clinician
Clinical Lead
Psychologist (Year 3)
Clinical Psychologist (Year 3)
Counsellor (Level 3, year 1-2)
Social Worker (Level 3, year 1-2)
Extensive clinical experience in alcohol and other drug treatment

Education Level

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Counselling, Social Work, Psychology or another behavioural science discipline
Eligibility for membership of the relevant professional association

Salary/Compensations

$88,743.00 - $126,049.00 + Super + Salary Packaging

Benefits

Competitive pay
Not-for-profit salary packaging
Seamless NSW Health Mobility
Study leave
Curran Foundation scholarships
Fitness Passport
Discounted private health
Cultural recognitions and celebrations

About the Company

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.
Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat.
Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community.
Features cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.
Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, close to public transport.

Equal Opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.
St Vincent's acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees.
Encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.