Team Leader

St Vincent's Health Australia; 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

Staff discounts

Job summary

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, part of St Vincent’s Health Australia, is seeking a senior leader to provide high-level leadership and supervision to staff, coordinating day-to-day clinical work, resources and consumer flow, and deputising for the Team Manager when required.

The role supports consumers with complex mental health and substance use issues, leads multidisciplinary teams, contributes to service development, and helps meet clinical and operational targets through supervision and

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy or Social Work or nursing with psychiatric endorsement.
• Current professional registration or eligibility to practice.
• Minimum 7 years post-qualification experience in OT or SW.
• Typically 5 years post-qualification experience in nursing, depending on demonstrated abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and supervision to multidisciplinary staff, ensuring clinical practice standards.
• Lead service development, policy/procedure work, education and project delivery.
• Support Team Manager by supervising staff and helping meet clinical/operational targets.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Clinical governance

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy or Social Work

Nurse with Psychiatric Endorsement (Division 1 or Division 3)

Current registration / eligibility with professional body

Job description

Job Description:

• 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:

• RPN Grade 5 NP51 ($136,822 per annum pro rata)

• 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).

Closing Date:

27 September 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

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 [e-mail]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

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