Job Description
Base Salary HPSS 4.1 $110,****** p/a + Super
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5 weeks annual leave and access to salary packaging
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NT Thrive – Relocation and wellbeing grant available for eligible candidates
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Lead a passionate multidisciplinary team delivering life-changing early intervention services. Join a respected organisation where you can shape clinical practice, mentor clinicians, and make a lasting impact on the lives of young people and their families.
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Why join us?
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Lead and mentor a skilled multidisciplinary Early Psychosis team.
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Deliver evidence-based youth mental health care while maintaining a small clinical caseload.
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Work for a values-driven organisation committed to culturally secure, trauma-informed practice across the Northern Territory.
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About headspace:
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headspace is Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention services to young people aged ***** experiencing mental health challenges. Operated by Anglicare NT in Darwin, the headspace Early Psychosis program supports young people experiencing, or at risk of, a first episode of psychosis through evidence-based, recovery-focused care delivered in partnership with families and the community.
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About the Role:
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As the Clinical Lead – Early Psychosis, you'll provide clinical leadership, supervision and line management to a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality,



developmentally appropriate and evidence-based mental health services.
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Working closely with the Early Psychosis Program Manager and Clinical Director, you'll support best-practice clinical care while maintaining a small caseload of young people. You'll play a key role in strengthening clinical governance, leading supervision, supporting quality improvement initiatives, and fostering a positive team culture focused on recovery and early intervention.
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About You:
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You are an experienced mental health clinician and confident leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for young people.
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You'll bring:
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An approved tertiary qualification in a mental health-related discipline with current AHPRA registration or relevant professional membership (e.g. AASW).
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At least five years' clinical experience in youth or mental health.
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Demonstrated experience providing clinical leadership, supervision and staff management within a multidisciplinary team.
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Strong knowledge of evidence-based early intervention and recovery-focused practice.
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Experience working with Aboriginal young people and their families, with a commitment to culturally safe practice.
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Previous experience within a headspace or Early Psychosis service will be highly regarded.
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📌 Clinical Lead - Early Psychosis - Headspace - Darwin
🏢 Northern Territory PHN (operating entity: Health Network Northern Territory
📍 Darwin