Clinical Lead
For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.
Position Details
* Full-Time Permanent
* Classification: Health Professional Level 3 with a salary range of $114,272 - $129,941 per annum + Superannuation or Registered Nurse Level 3 with a salary range of $125,515 - $132,352 per annum + Superannuation
* Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
* Location: Norlane, VIC 3214
About your new role
The Mental Health Clinical Lead is responsible for leading clinicians to deliver high quality services to guests experiencing mental health crisis presenting to Geelong Medicare Mental Health Centre.
As a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health credentialled Allied Health worker, the Clinical Lead will draw on their discipline skills to oversee Clinicians in their engagement with the guests (consumers), the guest's treatment team, Neami and partner associate staff and family/friends/carers to provide high quality assessments and interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for guests accessing the Geelong Medicare Mental Health Centre. The Clinical Lead will have oversight of the IAR, clinical assessments, collaborative care plan formulation and execution in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
Neami holds a high standard of leadership and expects the Clinical Lead to lead and maintain a positive culture, quality coaching, supervision and to motivate high performance with their reporting managers and their teams. The role also involves oversight of evaluation & reporting; contract, regulatory & organisational compliance; resource management; service development; sector leadership and continuous quality improvement.
About Neami National
We're Neami. We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life. We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.
For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.
We're proud to support 34,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands.
Values
Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.
* Connecting
* Collaborating
* Learning
* Belonging
What will Neami offer
* Generous leave entitlements including Wellness Leave and Parental Leave (pro-rata if part-time)
* 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
* Access to paid study leave anddiscipline-specific paid external supervision
* Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance
* Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
* Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
* Fitness Passport membership to support your health and wellbeing (available in most States/Territories and subject to minimum working hours and/or length of service)
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family
What you will bring to the role
* Formal tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy or related
* Current full registration as a Psychologist or Occupational Therapist with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) essential, OR
* Current full registration as a Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) OR
* Registered AHPRA Mental Health Nurse
* Proven experience at managing clinical teams within the area of mental health service delivery
* Demonstrated skill in the application of recovery-based approaches in a clinical setting
* Experience working as a member of a multi- disciplinary team with the ability to inspire and facilitate team commitment and cooperation
* Demonstrated experience in preparation of reports with recommendations
* Experience working across a range of Commonwealth and State funded mental health programs and ensuring program implementation in line with funding requirements and contracts
* Demonstrated ability to form and nurture partnerships with government and non-government mental health, emergency and community service providers
* All staff are required to adhere to the Geelong Medicare Mental Health Centre immunisation policy directives to minimise the risk of vaccine preventable diseases in order to protect workers, other employees, guests and visitors
What the role requires
* National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
* Current Working with Children Check - required before commencement of work
* Australian working rights
How to apply
The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (please select the paperclip icon in the top right-handcorner).
To apply for this position, please:
* Click the 'Apply' button where you will need to create a username and password
* Upload your resume and cover letter.
When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked). Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).
If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:
Rachel Ward | Acting Senior Services Manager | 0419 891 *** | ***********@
If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We're passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.
If you have any technical issues when applying for this role, please email *******@ for assistance.
If your application is shortlisted:
* We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
* We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.
Applications Close: 24th May 2026
Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.
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