Clinical Lead / Team Leader jobs in Sunshine Coast, QLD

Clinical Lead / Team Leader work in Sunshine Coast, QLD

Clinical Lead / Team Leader roles in Sunshine Coast, QLD sit within strong and growing demand across all disciplines. Private practice openings are plentiful. Community mental health, NDIS support, and youth mental health are particularly active. Competition with Brisbane means regional incentives are often on offer. 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.

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS) delivers public mental health services across the region, including acute inpatient care at Sunshine Coast University Hospital in Birtinya, community mental health teams, and specialist services. The SCHHS mental health directorate covers a catchment from Caloundra to Gympie, serving a population that has grown by over 30 per cent in the past decade.

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 Sunshine Coast, QLD

• Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
• Sunshine Coast University Hospital
• headspace Maroochydore
• headspace Caloundra
• Sunshine Coast PHN
• Lives Lived Well
• UnitingCare Queensland
• Aftercare
• Mind Australia