Team Leader

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing programs

Employee counselling

Fitness Passport

Salary packaging

Discounts & promotions

Professional development

Culture of continuous improvement

Job summary

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is seeking a senior leader to oversee day-to-day clinical work, resources and consumer flow within the Continuing Care Team. You will deputise for the Team Manager and provide high-level clinical support to consumers with complex mental health, psychosocial and substance use needs.

The role emphasises leadership of multidisciplinary staff, policy development, staff education and project delivery within SVHM's mental health services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in OT or Social Work, or Nursing with psychiatric endorsement.
• Current registration or eligibility with the appropriate professional body.
• Minimum 7 years post-qualification experience in OT or Social Work.
• Minimum around 5 years post-qualification in Nursing, depending on demonstrated ability.
• Extensive experience delivering clinical mental health services across diverse settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary staff and ensure clinical practice standards are met.
• Lead service development, quality activities, policy/procedure development and education.
• Supervise staff and help the team meet clinical and operational targets.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Clinical support

Policy & quality

Education

Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy or Social Work / Division 3 or Division 1 Nurse with Psychiatric Endorsement

Job description

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne – Melbourne VIC

$129,859 - $143,098 a year

Full time

24d ago , from St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Senior leadership opportunity
• Progress Your Career Today!

About the Role

Under the guidance of the Team Manager and Team Consultant Psychiatrist, and in conjunction with team members, provide a high level of leadership and supervision to staff, coordinating day to day clinical work, resources and consumer flow, deputising for the Team Manager when required. This position will provide a high standard of clinical support to consumers with a lived experience of multiple complex problems including serious mental illness, associated psychosocial issues, and substance use issues.

• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary staff members, and actively contribute to clinical practice within the mental health service as a senior staff member ensuring that clinical practice standards are met.
• Lead and contribute to service development and quality activities, such as policy and procedure development, delivery of education, and development of projects and portfolios
• Assist the Team Manager in ensuring the team meets clinical and operational targets by providing clinical and line supervision to individual staff members regularly.

Classifications for this position will range from:

OT/SW Grade 5 AJ11 - AJ14 or AJ57 - AJ60 ($129,859 - $143,098 per annum pro rata)

Your Contribution

• Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy or Social Work, Division 3 or Division 1 Nurse with Psychiatric Endorsement from the Nurses Board of Victoria.
• Current registration or eligibility for appropriate professional body.
• A minimum of 7 years post qualification in Occupational Therapy or Social Work.
• Usually 5 years post qualification in Nursing dependent on demonstrated and proven abilities.
• Extensive experience in the delivery of clinical mental health services and preferably in a diverse range of mental health service settings, knowledge of relevant legislation, mental health policy directions and principles and practice of community based service delivery including case management.

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

About the Continuing Care Team

The Continuing Care Team provides specialised treatment and ongoing support throughout the week during business hours. Employing the Strengths Model of Recovery-Oriented Practice, the multidisciplinary team delivers tailored clinical and therapeutic interventions to meet the specific needs of consumers with a lived experience of mental illness.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at ***************@svha.org.au