Team Leader

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from a energetic, higly motivated and suitably experienced mental health clinician to lead a team of Clinicians providing complex mental health care to consumers of Craigieburn Community and surrounding suburbs.

About Northern Health:

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our five main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Community Hospital, Kilmore District Hospital and Mernda Community Hospital.

In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Coburg and Craigieburn.

About the Role:

If you are ready to take the next step into a leadership role, this position requires an enthusiastic and higly motivated Mental Health Clinician to lead a multidisciplinary team of Clinicans managing a range of consumers with complex mental health and psychosocial needs.

This role is responsible for:

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based, consumer-centred care within a recovery-oriented framework.
• Provide effective leadership and oversight of daily team operations and workflow to ensure smooth service delivery.
• Lead and actively participate in handovers, clinical reviews, and other multidisciplinary meetings.
• Support and guide team members through regular line management, supervision, and annual performance discussions.
• Promote professional growth by engaging in ongoing learning and development activities.
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and accountable team culture that supports excellence in care.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and the overall performance of the team.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Extensive experience and sound working knowledge of community mental health services, including an understanding of the challenges involved in supporting consumers with complex needs.
• Comprehensive understanding of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act and its application within community-based practice.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage, support, and inspire a multidisciplinary team of clinicians.
• Demonstrated excellence in communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving within a dynamic clinical environment.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the capacity to build positive relationships and foster collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. If you have any questions, you can contact Max Lynch, Acting Program Manager, on

Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11.59pm.

We offer:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program

• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

• An inclusive and culturally safe space

• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'

• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

Work with us Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.