Clinical Director- Chronic (mental Health)

ST VINCENT'S HOSPITAL SYDNEY

Sydney, Australia
Clinical vision and governance
Integrated care pathways
Multidisciplinary team leadership
This role offers a career-defining opportunity to lead the clinical vision, governance, and design of a national transformation in chronic disease and mental health care, moving towards integrated, person-centred care delivered seamlessly in the home

Job Summary

  • This role offers a career-defining opportunity to lead the clinical vision, governance, and design of a national transformation in chronic disease and mental health care, moving towards integrated, person-centred care delivered seamlessly in the home.
  • You will design and govern an integrated model that brings together mental health, chronic disease, and psychosocial care, setting a new national standard for care delivered beyond hospital walls.
  • This is a rare executive-level flexibility role (0.4 FTE) allowing you to maintain clinical practice, academic work, or broader professional pursuits while shaping the future of healthcare delivery.

Matching Summary

This role offers a career-defining opportunity to lead the clinical vision, governance, and design of a national transformation in chronic disease and mental health care, moving towards integrated, person-centred care delivered seamlessly in the home.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Clinical vision and governance
  • Integrated care pathways
  • Multidisciplinary team leadership
  • System leadership and partnerships
  • Risk-aware clinical frameworks
  • Home-based and virtual care models

Nice-to-have

  • Trauma-informed care expertise
  • Recovery-oriented approaches
  • Digital health innovation exposure
  • Academic work or broader pursuits

Key Requirements

  • Current AHPRA registration
  • Senior clinical expertise (Psychiatrist, Psychogeriatrician, General Physician, Addiction Medicine Specialist, or Senior Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
  • Deep experience in clinical governance and risk management
  • Deep experience in integrated chronic disease and mental health care
  • Proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams
  • Proven track record of designing, scaling, or evolving models of care

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