Clinical Lead (Alice Springs)

Hitalent; Alice Springs; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Sign-on bonus

Full-time or part-time permanent

Job summary

HiTalent Recruitment is partnering with an established mental health organisation to recruit a Clinical Lead in Alice Springs. You will provide clinical leadership, supervise a multidisciplinary team and build strong community partnerships to deliver responsive mental health services.

The role focuses on trauma-informed care, cultural safety and high-quality nursing practice for adults in crisis or distress within the Alice Springs community.

Qualifications

• Tertiary nursing qualification and AHPRA registration as RN.
• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing.
• Experience in mental health nursing practice in community/clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health nursing care to consumers.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess and respond to consumers' changing health and wellbeing needs.
• Support people experiencing mental health distress and crisis.
• Build therapeutic relationships with trust, empathy and respect.
• Maintain professional boundaries and apply trauma-informed care.
• Support consumers across community and/or clinical settings.
• Collaborate with consumers to support positive health outcomes.
• Identify and respond to risk and changing presentations.
• Maintain accurate documentation and records.

Skills

Communication skills

Emotional resilience

Professional boundaries

Written communication

Indigenous communities experience

Education

Tertiary Nursing qualification

Postgraduate Mental Health Nursing

AHPRA RN registration

Job description

• REF: REF369
• Date listed: 08 Oct 2026
• Location: Alice Springs & Central Australia NT
• Category: Mental Health & AOD
• Type: Permanent

Clinical Lead

$119,686–$138,655 + Super | Salary Packaging | Sign-On Bonus Available
Clinical Leadership | Mental Health | Multidisciplinary Team

Lead the delivery of safe, accessible and effective mental health services supporting adults experiencing crisis and significant distress in the Alice Springs community.

HiTalent Recruitment is partnering with an established mental health organisation to recruit an experienced Clinical Lead based in Alice Springs.

This is a senior clinical leadership opportunity for an experienced mental health professional who can provide clinical leadership, support a multidisciplinary team and build strong partnerships across the local community.

You will play a key role in ensuring the service provides immediate and short to medium-term responses to adults experiencing mental health crisis or significant distress, while helping shape service delivery around the needs of the Alice Springs community.

About the Role

As Clinical Lead, you will provide operational management and clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team delivering mental health support to adults experiencing crisis or significant distress.

Working closely with the broader leadership team, you will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the service.

You will build and maintain strategic partnerships across the community, including with public mental health services, local government, community housing and health and welfare providers.

A key part of the role will be identifying service gaps and working collaboratively with partners, staff and consumers to develop appropriate approaches to service delivery.

You will also support the ongoing review of centre operations, ensuring clinical practice and service delivery remain aligned with the needs of the Alice Springs community.

Why Join?

• $104,826–$110,122 + Super
• Salary packaging available
• Sign-on bonus available
• Full-time or part-time permanent opportunity
• Alice Springs-based role
• Work within a multidisciplinary mental health service
• Provide clinical and community-based mental health nursing support
• Support people experiencing mental health distress and crisis
• Strong focus on culturally safe and trauma-informed care
• Opportunity to work closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• Professional development and ongoing learning opportunities
• Make a meaningful difference to people experiencing mental health challenges

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse, you will provide high-quality nursing care to consumers experiencing a range of mental health and wellbeing needs.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support consumers across community and/or clinical settings, contributing to their safety, wellbeing and positive health outcomes.

You will use your mental health nursing expertise to build therapeutic relationships, respond to changing needs, support people experiencing distress or crisis and work collaboratively with consumers and other professionals.

The role has a strong focus on working respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, with culturally safe and trauma-informed practice underpinning service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health nursing care to consumers
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Assess and respond to consumers' changing health and wellbeing needs
• Support people experiencing mental health distress and crisis
• Build therapeutic relationships based on trust, empathy and respect
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries
• Apply trauma-informed approaches to care
• Support consumers across community and/or clinical settings
• Collaborate with consumers to support positive health and wellbeing outcomes
• Work alongside other professionals and services to provide holistic support
• Adapt communication to meet the needs of a diverse range of consumers
• Identify and respond appropriately to risk and changing presentations
• Maintain accurate documentation and records
• Contribute to team collaboration, service delivery and continuous improvement
• Participate in professional development, supervision and ongoing learning

What We're Looking For

• Tertiary qualification in Nursing
• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing
• Demonstrated experience in mental health nursing practice
• Experience working in a community and/or clinical setting
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed care
• Experience working with people experiencing mental health challenges and/or crisis
• Strong emotional resilience and ability to work with people experiencing distress
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build trust and maintain professional boundaries
• Ability to work autonomously and manage competing demands
• Sound clinical judgement and decision-making skills
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Strong computer literacy and written communication skills
• Experience working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities
• Knowledge and experience working with consumers who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

What the Role Requires

• Current AHPRA registration
• National Criminal History Check
• Current NT Working with Children Check (Ochre Card)
• Australian working rights
• Valid driver's licence

Who Would Suit This Role?

You may currently be working as a Clinical Lead, Clinical Manager, Senior Clinician, Mental Health Team Leader, Clinical Coordinator or Senior Mental Health Clinician with experience leading clinical teams.

You will have strong mental health experience and be confident providing clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary environment.

This role would suit someone who enjoys working at both a clinical and strategic level — supporting staff, improving service delivery, building community partnerships and helping develop services that respond to local community needs.

Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will be highly valued.