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Clinical Team Leader – HASI Plus Carlingford | Permanent full-time
Be Recruitment is working with Uniting to help secure their next Clinical Team Leader for the HASI Plus program in Carlingford.

This is an opportunity for an experienced mental health clinician to guide a multidisciplinary team supporting people living with severe and complex mental health needs. Combining clinical leadership, team development and care coordination, you’ll help people build stability, independence and stronger connections with their community.

• $61.56–$71.43 per hour + super, depending on experience.
• Salary packaging benefits up to $18,550 per annum.
• 76 hours per fortnight, based at Carlingford with community outreach.
• Four Me Days of additional paid leave each year, pro rata, plus four CPD days.
• On-call approximately one week per month, with an additional allowance.

The opportunity

HASI Plus is a residential mental health rehabilitation program supporting people living with severe and persistent mental health challenges. Through intensive, recovery-focused support, the program helps people work towards their goals and transition towards greater independence and community-based living.
As Clinical Team Leader, you’ll provide clinical and practice leadership, helping the team respond confidently to complex presentations and deliver safe, coordinated and person-centred support.
Working alongside consumers, families, carers, Local Health District case managers and other services, you’ll play a central role in connecting clinical care with each person’s recovery goals.

• Provide clinical oversight for a caseload of approximately 10–12 consumers with severe and complex mental health needs.
• Participate in daily clinical handovers and lead 13-week reviews, care coordination meetings and case reviews.
• Guide clinical decision-making, including risk assessment, care planning and escalation.
• Provide clinical and operational supervision, mentoring and training to strengthen team capability.
• Work closely with other Team Leaders, multidisciplinary teams and LHD case managers to coordinate care.
• Build partnerships that support people transitioning from residential rehabilitation into community-based living.
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement and recovery-focused practice.
• Participate in the on-call roster approximately one week per month.

What you’ll bring

You’re an experienced mental health professional who can combine sound clinical judgement with a supportive, practical approach to leadership.
You’ll have:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in mental health, social work, psychology, occupational therapy, nursing or a related discipline, with appropriate professional registration or membership.
• Extensive mental health experience, including work in an inpatient setting.
• Experience supporting people with severe and persistent mental health needs, complex presentations and risk.
• Experience working with Community Treatment Orders and/or Forensic Orders, alongside some exposure to alcohol and other drug presentations.
• Demonstrated skills in clinical leadership, supervision, care planning, risk assessment and case coordination.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across services.
• A commitment to recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and person-centred practice.
• A current Australian driver’s licence and willingness to participate in the on-call roster.

Why join Uniting?

Alongside competitive remuneration and salary packaging, Uniting offers additional leave, professional development and wellbeing benefits to support you in your work.

You’ll have access to:

• Four Me Days of additional paid leave each year, pro rata.
• Four CPD days per year.
• Ongoing training and leadership development.
• U Rewards, including Fitness Passport, discounts and wellbeing programs.
• A collaborative, multidisciplinary team with a shared commitment to improving mental health outcomes.

Uniting NSW.ACT delivers community services, advocacy and care for people at all stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Its purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and is committed to safety, wellbeing and inclusion.

Apply through Be Recruitment If you’re ready to bring your clinical expertise into a role where you can support both people’s recovery and a team’s development, we’d welcome a conversation.

Click Apply and attach your CV. The Be Recruitment team will be in touch to discuss your experience and the opportunity.

This role is classified at Health Professionals Award Level 3, reflecting the classification changes effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 October 2026.

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