Clinical Lead

Clinical Lead – Youth Mental Health

Location: Esperance, WA

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $120K + Super + Salary Packaging

Relocation: $1,500 relocation assistance

About the Organisation

Our client is a community-focused organisation providing mental health and wellbeing services to young people, their families and friends. They are seeking a Clinical Lead to join their Esperance team and play a key role in leading high-quality, evidence-based and developmentally appropriate mental health services.

The Role

This is a senior clinical leadership opportunity for an experienced mental health professional looking to combine clinical practice with supervision, service development and clinical governance. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing clinical leadership while maintaining a small caseload of young people with complex needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide clinical leadership, advice and support to the wider clinical delivery team.
• Provide supervision to client services staff and help build clinical capability across the service.
• Oversee clinical governance and take responsibility for client-related clinical decisions.
• Support the delivery of evidence-based, best-practice services for young people and their families and friends.
• Maintain a small caseload and provide individual and group interventions for young people with complex needs.
• Coordinate client intake and clinical review meetings as required.
• Support staff training and contribute to identifying service development and training needs.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and participate in community networking.

What We’re Looking For

To succeed in this role, you will ideally have:

• A relevant qualification as a mental health clinician.
• Current AHPRA or AASW registration, depending on your profession.
• Demonstrated experience providing clinical supervision.
• Experience assessing and working with young people experiencing mental health and/or alcohol and other drug concerns.
• Confidence managing complex situations, including crises and critical incidents.
• Strong communication, written, administrative and computer skills.
• Ability to analyse service data to monitor and inform service delivery.
• Knowledge and experience working in culturally secure ways.
• Experience coordinating counselling, therapeutic and/or group services for young people and their families and friends.
• A current C or A class driver’s licence, Working with Children Check and police clearance (within 3 months).

What’s On Offer

• $120K + Super + Salary Packaging.
• $1,500 relocation assistance to support your move to Esperance.
• Senior clinical leadership position within a multidisciplinary team.
• A combination of leadership, supervision, service development and direct clinical work.
• Small caseload of young people with complex needs.
• Opportunity to contribute to clinical governance, training and best-practice service delivery.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to youth mental health within the Esperance community.

How to Apply

For a confidential discussion, please contact Abbie Offless – Healthcare Recruitment Consultant at Zenith Search on 0483 953 814 or email your updated resume to abbie.offless@zenithsearch.com

Alternatively, click Apply Now and we’ll be in touch to discuss your fit for the role. Please note: Only candidates meeting the essential criteria will be contacted for further discussion.

About Zenith Search

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