Clinical Documentation & Outcome Measure, Education and Auditor Lead

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• Grow your leadership, influence clinical practice and make a measurable difference across Mental Health
• Fixed term 2 years, part-time: 22.8 hours per week  

• Heidelberg location, close to public transport

• Base salary + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave  
• Open to applicants Grade 4 Allied Health / Grade 4 Nursing / Psychology Grade 3 role

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About the Mental Health Division

The Division provides care and services through a comprehensive range of teams, to meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers throughout Victoria.  All services work within a clinical framework that promotes recovery-oriented practice and supported decision making.  

About the role 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical leader to make a tangible impact on the quality of mental health care at Austin Health. You will provide clinical leadership in documentation, outcome measurement and audit, working alongside clinicians and multidisciplinary teams to strengthen practice, improve compliance and support better patient outcomes.

Through education, coaching and targeted quality improvement, you will help embed best-practice documentation and outcome measurement across services, while identifying opportunities to improve clinical processes and the quality of care we provide.

A regular day will see you:   

• Support teams embed best practice into everyday care through education and practical support
• Audit and identify emerging clinical and cultural trends
• Ensure the valuable contribution of our Mental Health teams is accurately captured by supporting better clinical practice, demonstrating the impact of our services
• Shape future service planning and funding.

About you 

You will be someone with excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, who takes a highly compassionate approach to their work.   

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Relevant professional qualifications and registration, endorsement or membership required for Mental Health Nursing, Psychology, Occupational Therapy or Social Work.
• Must meet minimum years of clinical experience for a senior mental health clinician role (for the profession according to the relevant Enterprise Agreement)
• Mental health clinical experience in a range of clinical settings.
• Demonstrated commitment to the development of quality care.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including: 

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation. 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. 
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options. 
• Mentoring and career development opportunities. 

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Belinda Rickard, Director Mental Health Division at Belinda.RICKARD@austin.org.au.

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the  position description for further details.

Application closing date: Sunday 25 October 2026