Team Leader - Community Mental Health
- Location: Central Community Mental Health (Sunshine)
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Salary: RPN4, SW3, OT3 or P3 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
About the role
Western Health's Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (MH&WS) provides a comprehensive range of specialist mental health services to people who reside in the local government areas of Melton, Brimbank, parts of Hume (Sunbury/Bulla) and Maribyrnong (commencement date TBC). We deliver specialist clinical programs across Adult Community Services, EMH/PARC/CL psychiatry, St Albans Community Care Unit, our Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit, Adult Acute Inpatient Unit and older adult programs.
The Team Leader is a senior mental health clinician position and will be responsible for leadership of clinical review team/s and or service functions mentoring and leading mental health clinicians while communicating effectively with medical staff, team leaders and service manager. The mental health team provides recovery orientated community mental health services for our registered consumers. The team leader may have a reduced clinical load of complex consumers in addition to their team leader responsibilities. Senior clinicians work as a key clinician for an allocated number of consumers and/ or can also be aligned to a specialist function within the service namely intake, ACIS, case management or the intensive support programme.
About you:
- Lead with kindness, role modelling open communication and a desire to support and enhance clinical care across the team
- Contribute effectively to a multidisciplinary team with a genuine commitment to working within a client-centred framework.
- Skilled in delivering complex mental health care and therapeutic interventions
- Skilled in assessing mental state and risk
- Excellent clinical leadership skills
- Demonstrated clinical supervision and consultation skills
- Strong liaison and networking skills
- Collaborative, responsive and empathic
About Western Health
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.
Why join us?
Compensation and benefits
- Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
- Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
- Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.
Learning and development opportunities
- Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
- Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education.
- Mentorship and career support.
Community impact and inclusion
- Make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives through compassionate care.
- Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion.
- Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research.
Organisational culture and environment
- Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate and innovative team environment.
- Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare.
Ready to make an impact?
Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts.
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Closing date: 11:59pm on 25 November 2025.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Shamiso Chimanya via email Shamiso.Chimanya@wh.org.au.
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable).
Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.