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 Contract
• Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3, with salary range of $125,515 - $132,352 per annum + Superannuation OR
• Classification: Health Professional Level 3 with a salary range of $114,272 - $129,941 per annum + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available
• Location: Step Thru Care, Geelong

About your new role

The Clinical Lead is an exciting role responsible for leading clinicians to deliver high quality services to consumers experiencing mental health and/or alcohol and other drugs concerns.

In this CL role, you will be either a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health credentialled Allied Health Worker and will draw on your discipline skills to:

• Oversee clinicians in their engagement with consumers, the consumers treatment team, Neami and partner associate staff and family/friends/carers
• Provide high quality assessments andinterventions aimed at improving mental health and AOD outcomes for consumers
• 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 Leads 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.

What will Neami offer

• Generous leave entitlements including Wellness Leave and Parental Leave
• Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• 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 Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Credentialled Mental Health Nurse
• Current full registration as a Registered Nurse with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), OR
• Current full registration as a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), OR
• Current full registration as a Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW),
• Proven experience at managing clinical teams within the area of mental health and/or AOD service delivery
• Proven clinical experience to apply evidence-based interventions including understanding of theoretical concepts within mental health and AOD sciences and their application to mental health and AOD challenges.
• 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 and/or AOD 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 and/or AOD, emergency, and community service providers
• Knowledge of local services particularly relevant to designated program area

Desirable

• Knowledge of Occupational Health, Safety policies and practices with the ability to assess and manage clinical, work health and safety, quality & organisational risk
• Knowledge of Equal Opportunities Legislation, policies, and practices
• Knowledge of Professional Codes of Conduct and Ethics: aware of and practicing within relevant Federal and State Legislation and the relevant Professional Code of Practice, Conduct and Ethics

What the role requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check -
• Australian working rights
• A valid driver's licence

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-hand corner).
To apply for this position, please:

• Click the 'Apply Now' 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:

Sonia Panek, Clinical Services Manager - email: [email protected] using the subject line: Clinical Lead - Geelong enquiry via EthicalJobs or call: 0448 016 491.

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 [email protected] using the subject line: Clinical Lead - Geelong enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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.

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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