Senior Community Clinician 26+

GHA; Warragul; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $9,000 p.a.

Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,.

Job summary

Latrobe Regional Health in Warragul seeks a Senior Mental Health Clinician 26+ to lead our Community Mental Health Team. This full-time role combines advanced clinical practice with operational support, delivering assessments, care coordination, and recovery-focused treatment for adults 26+.

You will contribute to service development and quality improvements across multiple sites in Gippsland. The successful candidate will provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams, support complex case

Qualifications

• Registration and/or professional eligibility in Nursing, Social Work, OT, or Psychology.
• Minimum five years' experience in mental health services, including complex presentations.
• Demonstrated leadership with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, National Mental Health Standards, NSQHS Standards, and recovery-oriented practice.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time management abilities, with a commitment to continuous learning and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical leadership, support, and consultation to multidisciplinary team members delivering specialist community mental health services.
• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, risk assessments, care planning, care coordination, therapeutic interventions, and recovery-focused treatment for consumers with complex mental health needs.
• Support the day-to-day operational activities of the service, working closely with the Site and Operations Manager to promote effective service delivery and implementation of the Model of Care.
• Mentor and support clinicians through clinical guidance, knowledge sharing, professional development, and promotion of evidence-based practice.
• Collaborate with consumers, carers, families, community agencies, and healthcare providers to facilitate integrated, person-centred care and positive recovery outcomes.
• Participate in quality improvement, service development, change management, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance clinical practice and service performance.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Registration in Nursing

Registration in Social Work

Registration in Occupational Therapy

Registration in Psychology

Job description

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Community Mental Health Team | Permanent Full Time

Join Gippsland's largest provider of mental health services, with a strong focus on innovation, recovery, and person-centred care, you'll be part of a team creating real impact every day.

Located in the beautiful Gippsland region, Latrobe Regional Health offers an exceptional lifestyle with easy access to Melbourne, beaches, mountains and lakes. We are committed to delivering compassionate, evidence-based care across our Mental Health Services, including inpatient care at our Traralgon hospital and Community Mental Health Services across Traralgon, Sale, Bairnsdale, Yarram, Orbost, Warragul and Wonthaggi.

About the role

Latrobe Regional Health is seeking a Senior Mental Health Clinician 26+ to Join our Community Mental Health Team in Warragul on aFull-time ongoing basis.

In this senior clinical role, you will provide leadership, guidance, and specialist support to multidisciplinary teams delivering care to consumers aged 26 years and over. Combining advanced clinical practice with operational support, you will undertake comprehensive assessments, care coordination, evidence-based interventions, and recovery-oriented treatment while contributing to service development, quality improvement, and implementation of the Mental Health Model of Care.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Senior Mental Health Clinician 26+ is to:

• Provide advanced clinical leadership, support, and consultation to multidisciplinary team members delivering specialist community mental health services.
• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, risk assessments, care planning, care coordination, therapeutic interventions, and recovery-focused treatment for consumers with complex mental health needs.
• Support the day-to-day operational activities of the service, working closely with the Site and Operations Manager to promote effective service delivery and implementation of the Model of Care.
• Mentor and support clinicians through clinical guidance, knowledge sharing, professional development, and promotion of evidence-based practice.
• Collaborate with consumers, carers, families, community agencies, and healthcare providers to facilitate integrated, person-centred care and positive recovery outcomes.
• Participate in quality improvement, service development, change management, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance clinical practice and service performance.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Qualified Mental Health professional with registration and/or professional eligibility in Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Psychology.
• Minimum five years' experience working within mental health services, including experience managing complex clinical presentations.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with the ability to guide, support, and influence multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, National Mental Health Standards, NSQHS Standards, and contemporary recovery-oriented practice.
• Highly developed communication, consultation, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time management abilities, with a commitment to continuous learning and service improvement.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: [e-mail]

Applications Close: 16th October 2026

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Fleur Charles, Site and Operations Manager - Warragul via email: [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.

Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.

Latrobe Regional Health acknowledges the Gunaikurnai and Bunurong peoples as the traditional custodians of the land on which our health services are located. Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait island peoples is supported by our recognition and respect for their connection to their ancestral lands.