Job Description
Clinical Lead - Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Location: Dubbo, NSW (regional outreach & telehealth)
Classification: Senior Multi-Grade Mental Health Clinician (Level 4)
Employment Type: Full-time
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Clinical Lead to support and strengthen a Child & Adolescent Mental Health service delivering care to young people with moderate to complex mental illness across a large regional area.
This is a senior clinical role suited to someone who brings strong CAMHS experience, sound judgement, and the ability to lead clinicians through complex and often challenging presentations. You will play a key role in rebuilding service capacity, supporting clinicians, and ensuring high-quality assessment and care delivery.
Due to the size of the region, service delivery includes a combination of face-to-face, outreach, and telehealth.
About the Role
As Clinical Lead, you will:
Provide senior clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary mental health team
Deliver high-level assessments, treatment, and complex case management for children and young people
Hold a small clinical caseload alongside leadership responsibilities
Provide clinical supervision, mentoring, consultation, and support to clinicians
Support staff managing complex, high-risk, and disengaged young people
Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and integrated care pathways
Work collaboratively with families, carers, and external stakeholders
This role includes some people leadership; however, the focus is on clinical leadership, presence, and experience, rather than purely operational management.
About You
You are an experienced mental health clinician who:
Has a strong background in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Has previously worked in a Clinical Lead, Senior Clinician, or equivalent leadership role
Is confident conducting comprehensive assessments and managing complex presentations
Demonstrates patience, resilience, and the ability to support clinicians working with challenging cases
Is comfortable working autonomously in a regional and outreach-based service model
Essential Experience & Qualifications
3-4 years experience working as an Allied Health clinician or
Minimum 5 years post-graduate clinical experience working as a Mental Health Nurse
Demonstrated CAMHS experience is essential
Previous experience working as a Clinical Lead, Senior Clinician, or in a formal clinical leadership role
Professional background in one of the following (or equivalent):
Psychologist / Senior Psychologist
Social Worker
Occupational Therapist
Mental Health Nurse (CNC or senior clinician level)
Current registration with AHPRA, AASW, or relevant professional body
Experience delivering mental health assessments and complex case management
Current NSW Driver's Licence and willingness to travel across the region
What's On Offer
Senior clinical leadership role with meaningful influence
Opportunity to help rebuild and stabilise a critical CAMHS service
Combination of clinical work, leadership, and service development
Regional role with flexible delivery models, including telehealth
Supportive multidisciplinary team environment
Tradewind Australia is committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and vulnerable people. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
All successful applicants will undergo reference checks, identity verification and Working with Children Check and further compliance requests pending the organisation's requirements.
