Assistant Clinical Director - Clinical Services
Assistant Clinical Director (Service Delivery)
Full time | Executive Leadership Opportunity | Competitive salary + Super + salary packaging
Ready to influence how services are delivered across multiple regions, lead high-performing clinical teams, and make a lasting impact on the lives of the people we support? Keep reading.
At Lives Lived Well, we help people live their lives well. Across Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia, we support people facing challenges with alcohol and other drugs (AOD), mental health, harm minimisation, veterans' wellbeing and gambling.
We're looking for an accomplished and values-driven leader to join our Clinical Directorate as Assistant Clinical Director (Service Delivery). This is an exciting opportunity to lead service excellence across a diverse portfolio while shaping the future of clinical service delivery within one of Australia's leading community-based health and wellbeing organisations.
Your opportunity
Reporting to the Clinical Director, you will lead service excellence, clinical governance and workforce capability across multiple regions. Working closely with the Executive Leadership Team, you will ensure services are safe, effective, culturally responsive and aligned with best-practice models of care.
You will support and coach clinical leaders, drive quality improvement initiatives, oversee risk and compliance, and contribute to organisational strategy and service growth.
What you'll be doing
In this role you'll:
Lead clinical operations across multiple services and locations




Drive service quality, performance and accountability
Strengthen clinical governance, risk management and compliance
Lead accreditation and continuous improvement activities
Support workforce planning, leadership development and succession planning
Implement new programs and service growth initiatives
Build partnerships with funders, health networks and community stakeholders
Promote trauma-informed, culturally safe and evidence-based practice
What we're looking for:
You'll be a senior leader with experience in AOD, mental health, community services or a related sector and a demonstrated ability to lead complex service environments.
You'll also have:
Significant leadership experience across multiple services or sites
Strong governance, risk and quality improvement expertise
Experience leading organisational change and transformation
Knowledge of evidence-based and trauma-informed practice
Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Strong strategic, operational and people leadership capability
Relevant tertiary qualifications
Current Queensland Driver Licence
National Police Check (or willingness to obtain)




This role requires regular travel across Lives Lived Well locations and participation in leadership activities outside standard business hours, including on-call leadership rosters.
Why work for us?
We're growing fast and building a reputation as a trusted, innovative provider with clinical excellence at our core. One of our values is "We ask why not and what's next?" and we chose it for a reason. For us, change means opportunity: to improve, to grow, to push boundaries and to help more people.
As Assistant Clinical Director (Service Delivery), you'll have the opportunity to influence service delivery at an organisational level while working alongside passionate leaders committed to making a real difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities.
Extra paid leave days each year to support your wellbeing
Access to Fitness Passport
Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, including a Meals & Entertainment card
Novated lease opportunities
Ongoing career development and leadership growth opportunities
A supportive and collaborative Executive leadership environment
Autonomy, trust and the opportunity to shape service delivery at scale
We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges, problematic substance use, and/or caring for someone with these experiences.
Applications close Monday 17 August at 5:00pm, but we're interviewing as we go, so don't wait around. We may close early once we find the right person.
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📌 Assistant Clinical Director - Clinical Services (Queensland)
🏢 Lives Lived Well
📍 Queensland