Clinical Lead / Team Leader jobs in Darwin, NT

Clinical Lead / Team Leader work in Darwin, NT

Clinical Lead / Team Leader roles in Darwin, NT sit within acute and ongoing workforce shortages across all disciplines. Generous salary packages, relocation allowances, and HECS-HELP remission schemes are commonly offered. Cultural safety training and commitment to working with Aboriginal communities is essential. clinical lead / team leader positions are found across public health services, community organisations, and private practice in the region.

Clinical leadership roles in mental health require both strong clinical credentials and the skills to support, develop, and coordinate a team. Clinical leads provide clinical supervision, case consultation, and oversight of complex cases. They contribute to policy development, quality improvement, and staff wellbeing within their team.

The Northern Territory has disproportionately high rates of mental illness, trauma, AOD-related harm, and suicide — particularly among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, who make up around 30% of the Territory's population. NT Health's Top End Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Services delivers clinical services from Darwin and regional centres across the Top End.

Qualifications typically required

• Senior clinical qualification in psychology, nursing, social work, or OT
• Relevant AHPRA registration or professional membership
• Demonstrated clinical leadership and supervision experience
• Management or leadership training (advantageous)

Key employers in Darwin, NT

• NT Health
• Top End Mental Health Services
• NT PHN
• AMSANT member services
• headspace Darwin
• Danila Dilba Health Service
• Anglicare NT
• Mind Australia NT