Clinical Lead – Auburn Medicare Mental Health Centre

For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

Position Details

- Full Time or Part Time Permanent
- Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3 with a salary range of $131,483 - $138,655 per annum (pro rata if part-time) + Superannuation OR
- Classification: Health Qualified Level 2.1 or 2.2 with a salary range of $123,065 - $131,285 per annum (pro rata if part-time) + Superannuation
- Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
- Location: Auburn Medicare Mental Health Centre, Western Sydney NSW

About your new role

Working in close partnership with Service Leaders and the broader leadership team, the Clinical Lead provides clinical leadership to support safe, consistent and high-quality service delivery.

The role focuses on strengthening clinical practice through the provision of supervision, coaching, mentoring and clinical guidance. The Clinical Lead supports staff to apply clinical frameworks in practice, respond effectively to complexity and risk, and deliver care in alignment with Neami's Collaborative Relational Practice (CRP) and Co-creating Safety approaches.

The Clinical Lead exercises delegated clinical leadership responsibility within the service, supporting clinical decision-making, risk management and practice consistency. The role operates under the direction of service leadership and contributes to the implementation of clinical governance processes, quality improvement activities and service development initiatives.

Working alongside discipline and practice leaders, the Clinical Lead contributes to a culture of reflective practice, professional accountability, continuous improvement and person-led care.

About Neami National

We’re Neami. We’re big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life.



We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.

We’re proud to support 34,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands.

Values

Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

- Connecting
- Collaborating
- Learning
- Belonging

What will Neami offer

- Generous leave entitlements including Wellness Leave & Parental Leave (pro rata if part-time)
- Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
- 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
- Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance
- Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
- Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
- Fitness Passport membership to support your health and wellbeing (available in most States/Territories and subject to minimum working hours and/or length of service)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family

What you will bring to the role

Essential

- Relevant tertiary qualification and professional registration including:
- Psychology, Nursing or Occupational Therapy with AHPRA registration; or
- Social Work with current membership/eligibility with AASW; or
- Counselling or Psychotherapy with current level 3 membership with ACA or clinical PACFA registration, where permitted within jurisdictional or program specific requirements.
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📌 Clinical Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Neami National
📍 Sydney