State Clinical Team Leader - Remote - Victoria, AUS

MediRecruit; Victoria; Hybrid; AUD 113,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Victoria-based position

Senior leadership role

Job summary

MediRecruit seeks a State Clinical Team Leader (Physiotherapist) to lead a multidisciplinary allied health team across Victoria. This fully remote, leadership role reports to the Managing Director of Operations and covers Aged Care, Community and NDIS services.

You will oversee clinical governance, staff supervision, performance and service growth, while ensuring compliance with funding models and regulations. Travel within Victoria is required for operational demands.

Qualifications

• Qualified Physiotherapist with current, unrestricted AHPRA registration.
• 5+ years post-graduate clinical experience across aged care, NDIS and acute settings.
• Experience supervising and mentoring junior staff or a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in performance management and dealing with underperformance and appraisals.
• Experience in complaints management and resolution.
• Experience with rostering, onboarding and other operational management tasks.
• Experience contributing to policy and procedure development and new programs.
• Knowledge of ANACC funding model and Aged Care Quality Standards; NDIS funding and service model.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to the Victoria allied health team.
• Supervise, support and mentor staff across sites.
• Oversee rostering and coverage to ensure operational efficiency.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding and staff development.
• Drive retention through engagement and performance management.
• Address client and stakeholder complaints and identify service improvements.
• Build relationships with aged care providers and referral partners.
• Assist in developing clinical and operational policies and new programs.
• Provide clinical backfill to Melbourne team as required.
• Ensure staff are registered, credentialed and practicing within scope.

Skills

Physiotherapist

AHPRA registration

Staff supervision

Performance management

Complaints management

Operational management

Policy development

ANACC funding knowledge

NDIS funding knowledge

Clinical backfill

Remote team management

Microsoft Office

Victoria driver’s licence

Education

Bachelor of Physiotherapy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

State Clinical Team Leader - Remote - Victoria, AUS

Our Client: Our client is a privately owned allied health business, established in 2014 to provide services to older people. They are a growing organisation with plans for further expansion in terms of the area they cover and the services they offer. Their vision is to provide high quality healthcare to Australians wherever they are, whenever they need to access it. Their mission is to disrupt the status quo and inspire, innovate and recreate healthcare services.

About the Role: We are seeking a State Clinical Team Leader (Physiotherapist) for a fully remote, Victoria-based leadership position covering Aged Care, Community and NDIS clinical services. Reporting to the Managing Director of Operations, you will provide clinical and operational leadership and oversight of a multidisciplinary allied health team spread across Victoria, delivering high quality, evidence-based care and excellent customer service. You will manage clinical governance, staff supervision and performance, and service growth, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, funding models and regulation. Regular travel is required to meet operational demands, including providing clinical backfill to the Melbourne community team as required.

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to the Aged Care, Community and NDIS allied health team across Victoria
• Supervise, support and mentor junior staff, new graduates and a multidisciplinary team
• Manage day-to-day operational efficiency including staff rostering and coverage across Victoria
• Lead recruitment, interviewing, selection and onboarding of new staff
• Drive staff retention through proactive engagement, development planning and positive team culture
• Undertake performance management processes including appraisals and addressing underperformance
• Manage and resolve client and stakeholder complaints, identifying trends to drive service improvement
• Build and maintain relationships with aged care providers, NDIS Local Area Coordinators, Support Coordinators and referral partners
• Assist in the development and implementation of clinical and operational policies, procedures and new programs
• Provide discipline-specific clinical backfill to the Melbourne community team as required
• Ensure all clinical staff are appropriately registered, credentialed and working within scope of practice

Benefits:

• $125,000 per annum + superannuation + travel reimbursement
• Fully remote, Victoria-based position
• Senior leadership role with statewide scope and autonomy
• Work directly with the Managing Directors on operational, clinical and workforce planning
• Shape new programs, partnerships and service offerings in a growing organisation
• Join an organisation with a vision to deliver high-quality healthcare to Australians wherever they need it

About You:

• Qualified Physiotherapist with current, unrestricted AHPRA registration
• Minimum 5 years' post-graduate clinical experience across acute hospital, aged care and NDIS settings
• Demonstrated experience supervising and mentoring junior staff and/or a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated experience in performance management, including managing underperformance and conducting appraisals
• Demonstrated experience in complaints management and resolution
• Experience in operational management including rostering, retention, interviewing and onboarding
• Experience assisting with policy and procedure development and setting up new programs or services
• Sound understanding of aged care service provision, the ANACC funding model and Aged Care Quality Standards
• Sound understanding of the NDIS funding and service model
• Prior experience in a formal Team Leader or Clinical Lead role (desirable)
• Experience working across a geographically dispersed or remote-working team (desirable)
• Competency in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new systems
• Current valid Victorian driver's licence and own vehicle, with willingness to travel across Victoria
• Current valid National Police Check
• Willingness and ability to clinically backfill the Melbourne community team when required
• Eligible to work in Australia

Additional information

• $125,000 per annum + superannuation + travel reimbursement
• Fully remote, Victoria-based position
• Senior leadership role with statewide scope and autonomy