• Flexible hours and working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance
• Join a team of dedicated and experienced professionals
• NFP Salary Packaging up to $15,900 tax-free per year

About Us

Gateway Health is a not-for-profit community health service delivering primary health and welfare services to individuals, families, and communities across Northeast Victoria and parts of Southern New South Wales. With a team of over 300 dedicated staff, we operate across the Ovens Murray region and are committed to improving health outcomes for all people, including those facing social, environmental, and cultural barriers to care. We celebrate diversity and actively work to reflect the communities we serve.

About the Role

The Benalla, Wangaratta and Mansfield Local is partnering with Gateway Health to extend their mental health and wellbeing support into the Towong Shire, a community significantly impacted by bushfire.

This exciting part-time opportunity (0.8EFT – 60.8 hours per fortnight until 30/06/2027) based in Tallangatta, is a combination of providing evidence-based care to participants, as well as clinical leadership and line management to a small team. Alongside lived experience peers and a psychologist, you will play a vital role in ensuring participants, carers, and their families receive valuable, supportive evidence based, biopsychosocial and therapeutic mental health care.

This role is classified under multiple agreements. The classification will depend on the qualifications of the successful applicant (see Position Description attached for more information).

Skills & Experience

To thrive in this role, you'll bring:

• Qualification as Mental Health Nurse or Allied Health Professional (Social Worker or Occupational Therapist)
• Current provisional/general registration as a psychologist with the PsyBA of Australia
• Commitment to working under supervision in accordance with registration requirements
• Demonstrated knowledge of evidence-based psychological interventions
• Emerging skills in assessment, formulation and intervention planning
• Demonstrated time management abilities, excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate a friendly, proactive approach and ability to work with competing demands and balance priorities with efficiency and professionalism.
• Ability to work effectively independently and within a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

We genuinely invest in our people. Here's a snapshot of the benefits and support available across our organisation:

• NFP Salary Packaging up to $15,900 tax-free per year, putting more money in your pocket

• Flexible hours and working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance

• Laptop and mobile phone with remote access for on and offsite work

• Paid parental leave

• Fitness Passport - discounted health and fitness program for you and your family

• Professional development, ongoing training, and regular supervision support

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential counselling for you and your family, plus group supervision and wellness activities

• Cultural leave flexibility - swap a public holiday for a religious or culturally significant day of your choice

• Annual flu vaccination program and discounted health insurance

How to Apply

If you're passionate about making a real difference in community health, we'd love to hear from you. For a confidential chat about the role, please call Karen Murison on 0439 021 972.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The role may close before the listed closing date.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Gateway Health we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right fit for this or another opportunity at Gateway Health.

Pre-employment checks include a Criminal History Check, Working With Children Check, evidence of Influenza vaccination, and proof of right to work in Australia.

Gateway Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We believe that a workforce that recognises and celebrates diversity will best meet the health and well-being needs of all people we serve including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; people with disability, LGBTIQASB+ communities, people experiencing health inequalities, and culturally, linguistically and faith diverse people.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. We will then work with you to identify the best way to assist you through the recruitment process.

A position description is attached.