The Clinical Lead is a key leadership position within the headspace Centre and provides oversight to the coordination and delivery of clinical services. The Clinical Lead is primarily responsible for providing clinical leadership and direction to the Centre team, ensuring that day-to-day clinical work is carried out to effectively meet the needs of young people.
The Clinical Lead will work collaboratively with all clinicians located at the headspace Centre and other GenHealth Youth services. This position will also form and maintain working relationships with key agencies in the community to establish integrated care pathways for young people.
A full list of key responsibilities is outlined in the Position Description (available on request, see below), but includes:
- Maintain a clinical caseload delivering evidenced-based care and working closely with young people and their family friends to ensure they are active participants in that care;
- Monitor and lead the ongoing delivery and improvement of a high standard of evidence-based care, including clinical services across the mental health spectrum and compliance with professional and healthcare standards;
- Develop, review and implement clinical documents and processes and participate in quality assurance activities;
- Contribute to the vision, strategic planning, and relevant policy development for the headspace centres and actively participate as a member of the leadership team;
- Ensure the collection of all relevant data and documentation for compliance and in order to measure deliverables and continuously improve and evaluate the delivery of services at the headspace centres;
- Provide orientation, clinical support, supervision, direction and peer support to staff (and tertiary students where applicable) and foster a positive leadership/mentoring culture;
- Liaise and work closely with Consortium members and external providers, to ensure the effective functioning of the headspace centres; and
- Promote youth participation and participation of family and friends across all aspects of the service and organisation.
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About you
You will be adept in leading a multi-disciplinary team and an experienced and innovative professional with considerable knowledge and experience in mental health service delivery, including youth mental health. You will be highly motivated and facilitate excellence in integrated, holistic health care, with the goal of improving outcomes for Young People who access the service, their family and friends, and the wider community. You thrive in a fast-paced collaborative team and enjoy the work that you know will help individuals and the community.
You seek opportunities to constantly learn, grow and be challenged through experience.
You will also have:
- Tertiary level qualifications in an allied health discipline including social work, psychology (clinical, counselling, 4+2 or 5+1 pathway), mental health nursing or occupational therapy.
- Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) (with mental health endorsement) or current full membership/eligibility for membership (with mental health endorsement) with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Demonstrated experience and advanced level clinical skills in a range of mental health service settings, including youth mental health
- Experience in complex clinical triage (including identification and management of immediate clinical and/or safety concerns), assessment and referral.
- Experience in service development and maintaining continuous quality improvement.
- Demonstrated experience in the leadership of multidisciplinary teams, including the provision of clinical supervision and the facilitation of clinical review and performance management processes.
- Proven track record in building and maintaining effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, including the ability to prioritise and manage multiple and competing work tasks and deliver to agreed deadlines.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a diverse range of people including young people and their family and friends.
Please contact us at jobs@genhealth.org.au to obtain a full Position Description for this role.
Other information
- Full time position (38 hours per week) or flexibility to offer a 9 day fortnight available for immediate start
- Base work location is Grafton NSW
- Attractive senior salary is negotiable per annum
- Super guarantee of 10% payable in addition to salary
- As a not-for-profit non-government organisation, GenHealth can offer eligible employees salary package benefits of up to $15,900 per annum + an additional $2,500 in meals, entertainment, and holiday accommodation per annum
- Opportunity to access professional development and internal supervision
Some work from home days by agreement - GenHealth complies with the Public Health (COVID 19 Vaccination of Health Care Workers) Order No. 3 2021 which requires health staff and persons working in health settings to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine unless they have a medical exemption as defined under the Public Health Order. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.
To apply
Written applications should include:
- an outline of your claims to the position demonstrating how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed on the Position Description (contact us for a PD)
- your current resume detailing your skills, qualifications and experience, including the names and contact details for two referees, with at least one
- referee being a current or most recent supervisor
- an indication of when you would be available to commence work
Email your complete application to jobs@genhealth.org.au
Enquiries to: Dan Griffin (Centre Manager, headspace Grafton) on (02) 6642 1520.
Please note, there is no application close date and applications will be reviewed as they are received. We invite you to apply as soon as possible.
GenHealth is committed to a workplace culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, promotes diversity and embraces the unique skills and qualities of all our workforce and members. Candidates who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse, or LGBTIQA+ are encouraged to apply.
