Senior Mental Health Team Leader – Corrections

Queensland Corrective Services; Mareeba Shire; Presencial; AUD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Relocation funding

Professional development support

5 weeks annual leave

Descripción de la vacante

Queensland Corrective Services - Mareeba QLD is seeking a Mental Health Team Leader to provide clinical leadership and operational management within a multidisciplinary team delivering mental health services in a correctional setting.

The role involves leading a diverse team at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, coordinating care, and contributing to service improvements while supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and regional communities.

Responsabilidades

• Provide high-level clinical leadership and consultation across the multidisciplinary mental health team.
• Deliver complex assessment, intervention and person-centred care, maintaining a senior-level caseload.
• Coordinate referral pathways, crisis management, clinical reviews and transition planning.
• Chair multidisciplinary meetings, including those overseeing suicide risk assessment and complex case management.
• Collaborate with external organisations, Centre operational teams and specialist units to support integrated service delivery.
• Identify and lead opportunities for service improvement and quality enhancement.
• Lead recruitment activities, onboarding, coaching, addressing performance issues, monitoring fatigue and workload balance, and developing succession plans.
• Enhance team capability through training, education, policy and guideline development.
• Observe and provide feedback on clinical practice to support service integrity.
• Participate in stakeholder engagement and operational discussions relevant to mental health service delivery.

Conocimientos

Clinical leadership

Team leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Crisis management

Stakeholder engagement

Descripción del empleo

Queensland Corrective Services - Mareeba QLD is seeking a Mental Health Team Leader to provide clinical leadership and operational management within a multidisciplinary team delivering mental health services in a correctional setting.

The role involves leading a diverse team at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, coordinating care, and contributing to service improvements while supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and regional communities.