Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service - Parkville VIC
Clinical Director - Community and Enhanced Care
Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)
Full Time Fixed Term 5 years Parkville
Lead the future of youth mental health in Victoria as Clinical Director at Victoria's first standalone public Youth Mental Health Service.
Provide clinical, professional and strategic leadership across Community and Enhanced Care services
Provide service wide leadership of the Medical Workforce portfolio, including recruitment, credentialing, workforce planning, supervision and Doctors in Training
Combine leadership and a Consultant Psychiatrist role.
The Opportunity
As Clinical Director - Community and Enhanced Care, you will join Victoria's first standalone public Youth Mental Health Service in a pivotal senior medical leadership role. Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer, you will provide clinical, professional and strategic leadership across Community and Enhanced Care services, working in partnership with executive and multidisciplinary leaders to deliver high-quality, developmentally appropriate, culturally safe and evidence-informed care for young people and their families, carers, supporters and kin.
Beyond stream leadership, you will provide organisation-wide leadership of the Medical Workforce portfolio, overseeing senior medical workforce recruitment, credentialing, workforce planning, supervision, Doctors in Training and succession planning. You will also contribute to clinical governance, accreditation, research translation, service innovation and continuous improvement, helping shape the future of youth mental health care in Victoria.
This unique role also offers the opportunity to maintain clinical practice through a 0.5 FTE Consultant Psychiatrist position, leading a multidisciplinary team providing care to young people aged ***** and their families.
What You'll do:
Clinical and Strategic Leadership
Provide strategic, clinical and professional leadership across Community and Enhanced Care services.
Partner with executive and multidisciplinary leaders to shape service delivery and models of care.
Lead the delivery of safe, evidence-informed, trauma informed, developmentally appropriate and person-centred care.




Medical Workforce Leadership
Provide senior medical oversight of the PYHMWS Medical Workforce Unit.
Oversee recruitment, credentialling, onboarding, professional support and retention strategies for Senior Medical Staff at PYHMWS.
Build a sustainable high performing medical workforce.
Quality, Safety and Governance
Lead clinical governance, quality improvement, service innovation and accreditation activities.
Provide senior medical oversight of complex clinical, medicolegal and organisational risks.
Champion continuous improvement and evidence informed practice. 4
Clinical Practice
Lead a multidisciplinary team delivering care to young people aged ***** and their families.
What You'll Bring
Qualifications
Registration as a medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent.
Skills
Demonstrated senior clinical leadership experience in youth mental health and acute, admitted or forensic mental health settings.
Proven ability to lead inclusive, multidisciplinary teams.
High level communication, conflict resolution and stakeholder engagement skills including the ability to manage complex clinical, workforce and organisational issues.
Sound knowledge of clinical governance, quality improvement systems, risk management, accreditation standards, medicolegal obligations and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act **** (Vic).
Knowledge of relevant guidelines, plans and strategies related to the mental health service system (E.g. Victorian Mental Health Reform Strategy, National Standards for Mental Health Services, etc).
A commitment to delivering evidence-informed, developmentally appropriate, culturally safe and person-centred care for young people and their families.
About us
Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)



is Victoria's newest public mental health service dedicated to the care of young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing complex mental health challenges.
PYMHWS is leading a bold and values-driven transformation in youth mental health care across Melbourne's north and west. We exist to walk alongside young people, their families, carers, supporters and kin delivering care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience. Our service model is shaped by the voices of young people and their communities, and underpinned by a commitment to safety, equity, and continuous learning.
At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build in a future where all young people can access world-class mental health support, close to home. As we grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled, and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health in Victoria.
Why Join us?
At PYMHWS, you'll have the opportunity to influence the future of youth mental health in Victoria while working alongside passionate clinicians, researchers and executive leaders committed to delivering exceptional care.
We offer
A rare opportunity to help shape Victoria's first standalone public Youth Mental Health Service.
Executive leadership with meaningful clinical practice
, including a 0.5 FTE Consultant Psychiatrist role.
A competitive remuneration package,
complemented by salary packaging, five weeks annual leave and a range of advantages that support your wellbeing, professional growth and career success.
A collaborative and multidisciplinary culture
where innovation, partnership and continuous improvement are valued.
Access to professional development, research and service innovation
within a leading public mental health service.
A modern workplace
located in Parkville, one of Australia's leading health, education and research precincts.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to support all applicants. If you require any adjustments, please let us know via the application prompts or inform our People and Culture team if you're contacted for an interview.
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