Team Leader Better Living (HM3) - Forensic Hospital
Employment Type:Permanent Full Time
Position Classification:Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration:$137,525 - $156,231 p.a. plus superannuation
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ******
Additional Benefits
You'll also have access to a range of benefits, including:
Salary packaging options to increase your take-home pay
ADOs for full-time employees
Fitness Passport for eligible employees
Specialist training and career development opportunities
Free onsite parking
A mandatory and comprehensive two-week, full-time orientation for all new staff at the Forensic Hospital, with all days paid
About the role
As the Team Leader Better Living, you will lead the delivery of recovery-oriented rehabilitation services within the Forensic Hospital.
Working alongside multidisciplinary clinicians, you will provide operational leadership to teams delivering rehabilitation, recreational and physical health programs that support patients with complex mental illness.
You will play a key role in fostering a culture of recovery by coordinating evidence-based rehabilitation initiatives, supporting staff development and ensuring patients have meaningful opportunities to improve their health, wellbeing and independence throughout their recovery journey.
This role offers meaningful and varied work, with the opportunity to further develop your capability in:
Leadership within forensic mental health rehabilitation
Recovery-oriented models of care
Evidence-based rehabilitation programs
Multidisciplinary team leadership and service coordination
Physical health and wellbeing initiatives
Strategic service development and continuous improvement
Building partnerships across clinical, government and community services
Essential Criteria
To be successful in this role, you will have:




A degree and/or postgraduate qualification in an allied health profession or a related discipline
Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary rehabilitation principles and current models of forensic mental health practice for adults and adolescents
Experience planning, implementing and evaluating individual and group rehabilitation interventions within an inpatient mental health setting
Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture
Strong interpersonal, stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to build partnerships across clinical services, government and community organisations
A passion for improving recovery outcomes through evidence-based rehabilitation and person-centred care
This role may also suit
This opportunity may suit experienced allied health leaders, rehabilitation managers or senior clinicians looking to take the next step into a leadership position within a highly specialised forensic mental health service.
Applications close:25 August ****
For more information, please contactJerome Chongon ******
Targeted questions
Describe your experience leading a multidisciplinary team in a health setting.
Include an example that demonstrates how you build a collaborative team culture.
Describe your experience supporting or improving the physical health care of patients in a mental health setting.




Include an example of your role and the outcome.
Diversity and inclusivity
Justice Health NSW is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Applications are encouraged from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, veterans, refugees and people with disability.
This is also aTargeted Aboriginal Position.
Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent.
Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act ****.
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About the Forensic Hospital
The Forensic Hospital is unlike anywhere else in NSW Health.
As the state's only high-secure forensic mental health hospital, it provides specialised care for adults and adolescents with responsible mental illness whose treatment requires the balance of recovery, therapeutic engagement and dynamic risk management.
As the Team Leader Better Living, you'll lead multidisciplinary teams delivering rehabilitation, recreation and physical health programs that support patient recovery and wellbeing.
Working alongside experienced nursing, medical and allied health professionals, you'll help shape innovative rehabilitation services that maximise opportunities for recovery, independence and improved quality of life.
Justice Health NSW is also a teaching and learning organisation where collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement are part of everyday practice.
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