Clinician – Department of Veterans’ Affairs
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769976
- Agency: Department of Veterans’ Affairs
- Job Title: Clinician
- Position Number: EXT-2026-0069
- Classification: APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Thursday 18 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Eastwood SA, Elizabeth SA, Daw Park SA, Hackham
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – NSW, Various locations – VIC,
- Salary: $104,898 – $119,116
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (We support a range of flexible work arrangements in)
About Department of Veterans’ Affairs
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) exists to fulfil the nation’s duty to support our serving and ex-serving Australian Defence
Force members and their families. We do this through programs of care, compensation, commemoration, income and Defence
support services. Our aim is to enhance self-sufficiency, quality of life, financial wellbeing and community recognition for those we
support. DVA is both a policy and service delivery agency. We have strong relationships with Australian ex-service organisations,
Federal and State Government agencies and the veteran community. DVA’s vision is to honour veterans, and empower them and
their families to continue life after service, within a society that understands and values their military service and their ongoing
contribution to the community.
Duties
- Provide high quality clinical services including risk assessment and intervention, referral,
- evidence based individual, couple and family counselling, and case management to eligible
- Open Arms clients in order to achieve outcomes identified in care planning
- Conduct reviews with clients on counselling progress to determine further approaches and
- establish additional needs, including extensions to episodes of care
- Using the Client Management System, maintain confidential files for each client that include
- session progress notes, care plans, risk assessment, and additional client interactions
- Schedule and attend Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities, including
- clinical supervision, to maintain professional registration
- Adhere to relevant legislation, ethical guidelines and policies pertaining to best- practice
- client care
- Liaise and attend regular meetings with the Assistant Director and other Clinicians to review
- client cases, including those that may require extensions to episodes of care
- Liaise with clients’ family members and additional treatment providers and/or other Open
- Arms/DVA stakeholders to coordinate care
- Apply the principles of cooperative and safe working practices consistent with APS Values
- and the Department’s mission, vision, approach and values
- Engage in other clinical tasks as directed by the Assistant Director based on organisational
- need. These may include:
- Co-facilitate treatment and psychoeducation programs on a range of topics alongside
- other Open Arms staff or external clinicians
- Participate in community development and service promotion activities
- Participate in Open Arms program evaluation and research activities, contributing to
- project management activities that implement strategic directions and quality
- improvement recommendations, and provide feedback for ongoing development of
- clinical policies and procedures
- Facilitate the delivery of Open Arms counselling and other programs to veterans and
- families by applying quality assurance principles and procedures to ensure the clinical
- practice, and reporting of Outreach Program Clinicians (OPCs) meet contractual
- requirements
- Collaboratively manage the regional allocation queue through liaison and consultation
- with Open Arms Clinicians, OPCs and administrative staff
- Conduct regional intake assessments to inform allocation to appropriate services.
Eligibility / Notes
- Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to
- be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).
- Any successful candidate external to DVA offered employment will be required to undergo a
- pre-engagement screening check, even if they have a security clearance. The screening
- check is conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy
- Framework requirements.
- Any successful candidate will also be required to obtain and/or maintain, a baseline Vetting
- (AGSVA) security clearance as a minimum.
- Mandatory Requirements
- Currently hold or ability to obtain a Working with Vulnerable People registration OR
- Currently hold or ability to obtain a Working with Children check.
- In addition to the above, one of the following:
- Qualifications as an AHPRA registered Psychologist or Psychologist with Provisional
- Registration / Mental Health Occupational Therapist / Mental Health Registered Nurse with
- full AHPRA registration, OR
- Qualification as a Social Worker eligible for membership of the Australian Association Social
- Workers (AASW) and eligible to apply for Mental Health accreditation, OR
- A Masters-level counselling qualification and registration with PACFA as a Registered
- Clinical Counsellor or with ACA at Level 3 or Level 4
How to Apply
Position Contact Sudha Guttireddy, 08 8241 4500
Agency Recruitment Site https://dvajobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.home
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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