Mental Health Practice Lead — Leadership & Service Development

Madisonrecruitment; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Madisonrecruitment is seeking a Practice Lead in Auckland to provide clinical and practice leadership across a multidisciplinary mental health service.

The role focuses on supervision, staff development, risk assessment, crisis intervention, and service development to improve outcomes for people experiencing distress and crisis. You will influence best practice and support workforce capability within the organisation.

Qualifications

• Senior health professional with NZ practising certificate.
• Significant experience in mental health and crisis intervention.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment and risk management.
• Experience providing supervision, mentoring, or clinical leadership.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Passion for quality improvement and developing others.
• Full New Zealand working rights.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and practice leadership across a multidisciplinary service.
• Support staff and volunteers managing complex and high-risk presentations.
• Deliver supervision, coaching, and professional development.
• Champion evidence-informed practice and continuous quality improvement.
• Contribute to policy development, service enhancement, and workforce capability.
• Provide expert guidance around risk assessment, crisis intervention, and complex case management.

Skills

Senior health professional

Mental health leadership

Crisis intervention

Risk assessment

Supervision

Stakeholder engagement

NZ Working rights

Job description

Madisonrecruitment is seeking a Practice Lead in Auckland to provide clinical and practice leadership across a multidisciplinary mental health service.

The role focuses on supervision, staff development, risk assessment, crisis intervention, and service development to improve outcomes for people experiencing distress and crisis. You will influence best practice and support workforce capability within the organisation.