Job Description:
- Excellent Career Progression
- Pro-active & supportive leadership
- Full time opportunity until 25/01/2028
About the Role
As Team Leader in Aged Mental Health, you will play a key role in leading a passionate multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care for older adults. You will combine strong clinical leadership with people leadership, supporting your team to thrive while building collaborative partnerships across health services, aged care and the broader community. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to consumers and their carers by promoting independence, wellbeing, continuity of care and positive outcomes across the mental health and aged care continuum.
- Provide inspiring day-to-day leadership, clinical guidance and mentoring to a multidisciplinary team, fostering a supportive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- Oversee the delivery of person-centred clinical care, including psychiatric assessment, triage, crisis response, case management, medication monitoring and risk assessment.
- Promote excellence in clinical practice, supporting staff to deliver evidence-based, recovery-oriented care in line with professional standards, legislation and service requirements.
- Lead effective caseload management, clinical review, workload allocation and service reporting, ensuring the team delivers responsive and equitable services.
- Build strong relationships and partnerships across inpatient and community mental health services, emergency services, aged care, residential services and community agencies to ensure seamless continuity of care.
- Champion quality improvement, service development and innovation, while supporting staff supervision, professional development and the growth of the future workforce.
- Provide clinical consultation, education and support to colleagues and external stakeholders, facilitate team and service meetings, and contribute to broader program leadership when required.
Classifications for this position will range from:
Classifications for this position will range from:
- Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 5 NP51 ($140,925 per annum pro rata)
- Occupational Therapist Grade 5/Social Worker Grade 5 AJ11 – AJ14 / AJ57 - AJ60 ($133,754 - $147,394 per annum pro rata)
- Psychologist Grade 4 PM1 – PM5 ($123,302 - $148,309 per annum pro rata)
Your Contribution
- A relevant Bachelor Degree or equivalent, with current AHPRA registration or eligibility for AASW membership.
- A postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing required for Nurses
- Minimum five years’ post-graduate experience, including experience in aged mental health and community care.
- Demonstrated clinical leadership and experience leading multidisciplinary teams, with strong skills in communication, collaboration, problem-solving and conflict resolution.
- Sound knowledge of Victorian mental health legislation and relevant clinical, statutory and regulatory requirements.
- A strong commitment to recovery-oriented, person-centred care, continuous quality improvement and ongoing professional development.
- Strong organisational, written and digital communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and support service improvement.
- A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History check, or willing to obtain
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 Older Adult Mental Health Team
Based at St. George's campus in Kew, our friendly, collaborative multi-disciplinary teams include the Residential Support Program (RSP), Normanby House, Healthy Ageing Service (HAS), Aged Psychiatry Assessment and Treatment Team (APATT) and Older Personals Autism Liaison Service (OPALs) colleagues. and our Consultation-Liaison Team. We work closely with a Geriatric Medicine colleagues and aged community teams at St. George's.
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.
Application
- Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
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/vaccination
Closing Date:
8 November 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 indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan
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