Clinical Lead, Mental Health

Buscojobs; Greater London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Clinical Lead to enhance mental health services. This role involves leading a dedicated team of Virtual Mental Health Professionals, ensuring clinical excellence and operational efficiency. With a focus on coaching and support, you will drive improvements in service delivery while maintaining a culture of care and professionalism. Enjoy the flexibility of working from home, a competitive salary, and a range of benefits including subsidized health insurance and generous parental leave. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to transforming healthcare delivery and making a positive impact.

Benefits

35% subsidized health insurance

14 weeks paid parental leave

Access to health and wellbeing services

Employee discounts on various products and services

Qualifications

• 5+ years clinical experience in mental health settings.
• 3+ years in a clinical leadership role with coaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to a team of Virtual Mental Health Professionals.
• Ensure clinical governance and operational efficiency in service delivery.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Mental Health Assessment

Critical Thinking

Problem-Solving

Coaching and Mentoring

Computer Literacy

Education

Clinical Qualification in Nursing, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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At Medibank we’ve recently unified our health services under one brand –Amplar Health.

With over 1000 employees, our nurses, GPs and other amazing allied health professionals our focus is on improving healthcare experiences and championing greater access, choice, and control for people in Australia when it comes to managing their health.

The Opportunity

Our Mental Health team work across a range of services including triage, assessment, crisis intervention, referral, and counselling services for people experiencing a broad range of mental health concerns including extreme emotional distress.

As a Clinical Lead you will provide leadership, coaching and support to a team of approximately 25 Virtual Mental Health Professionals. You will be working closely with the Operations Managers to ensure that rigorous clinical governance is observed in your team and that they have the operational efficiencies and clinical support needed to excel in service delivery.

In this role you will lead a culture of clinical excellence, customer focus, continuous improvement, and operational efficiency through your team with the support of Senior Leadership.

While the focus of this role is clinical and operational management and governance, Clinical Leads may be asked from time to time to work a shift taking program calls to maintain familiarity with the requirements and current issues.

This will be a permanent position, with hours Monday-Friday between 8am-10pm. You will have a set weekly roster with some flexibility within these hours to suit your lifestyle. There may be scope for extended hours in the future though this would be negotiated if the need arises.

This is a work from home role and can be based anywhere in Australia.

About You

To be successful in your application for this role you will have :

• Minimum 5 years clinical experience in a relevant mental health setting, with at least 3 years in acute mental health (for example mental health telephone triage, inpatient unit, mental health emergency department assessments, community settings)
• At least 3 years experience in a clinical leadership role with experience in coaching and mentoring
• A clinical qualification in a relevant discipline of nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, or social work
• Current registration with AHPRA for associated disciplines or AASW.
• Extensive clinical assessment skills, critical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills. You are self-driven and can work autonomously from home.
• Computer literacy, proficiency with contact centre KPI dimensions and associated data, with a working competency of the Microsoft Office product suite

Other requirements include :

• Suitable internet connection with proven speed tests during peak and off-peak hours maintaining minimum speeds of 50 / 20
• Proof of application of a working with children check
• Private room / space which can be used for your home office set up

Along with joining an outstanding organisation that is transforming the delivery of healthcare, working at Amplar Health also means :

• Great work-life balance - as such, this role has lots of freedom to work from home and home could be anywhere in Australia!
• Impressive, 35% subsidised Medibank / ahm health insurance which can also include your pets, cars, upcoming travel, and house! Right now, our employees also have a 25% discount on travel insurance.
• 14-weeks paid parental leave for all eligible employees, regardless of whether you are the primary or secondary carer - in fact, we're the proud winners of the number one workplace for dads.
• Feel Good Health Hub – a digital platform for your mobile that gives you access to a range of clinical health and wellbeing services at your fingertips – the ease in booking appointments with trusted professionals such as a health & wellbeing check-in.
• Great Discounts – as an employee you can access various discounts across a range of partners including Apple, Samsung, Telstra, HP, SpecSavers, Cinema & Theme park tickets, Wyndham Travel and more.

Learn more about Amplar Health at

Inclusion and Accessibility

We believe in everyone's potential and strive to make Medibank inclusive for all because different perspectives make us better. We encourage applications from everyone, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates, those with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ community including transgender and gender diverse applicants.

For any adjustments or alternative formats during the recruitment process, please contact us at To learn about our commitments and employee experiences, go to

Employees in face-to-face healthcare roles will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment.