Clinical Director- Chronic (mental Health)

SVHA

Australia
Clinical vision and design
Integrated care pathways
Clinical governance and safety
This role offers a career-defining opportunity to lead the clinical vision, governance, and design of transforming chronic disease and mental health care delivery at a national scale

Job Summary

  • This role offers a career-defining opportunity to lead the clinical vision, governance, and design of transforming chronic disease and mental health care delivery at a national scale.
  • 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 holding significant impact.

Matching Summary

This role offers a career-defining opportunity to lead the clinical vision, governance, and design of transforming chronic disease and mental health care delivery at a national scale.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Clinical vision and design
  • Integrated care pathways
  • Clinical governance and safety
  • Multidisciplinary team leadership
  • System leadership and partnerships

Nice-to-have

  • Trauma-informed care expertise
  • Recovery-oriented approaches
  • Digital health innovation
  • Large-scale system reform experience

Key Requirements

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

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