Clinical Director- Chronic (Mental Health)

St Vincents is redefining how chronic disease and mental health care are deliveredmoving beyond fragmented systems to integrated personcentred care delivered seamlessly in the home. AsClinical Director Chronic Care (Mental Health) you will lead the clinical vision governance and design of this transformation at a national scale.

This role sits at the heart ofBringing Care Homea flagship program shaping the future of integrated homebased care for people with complex and cooccurring needs.

Why This Role Is Different

• Build a National Benchmark for Integrated Care

This is not aboutmaintainingexisting systemsitsabout creating new ones.
You will design and govern an integrated model that brings togethermental health chronic disease and psychosocial care setting a new national standard for care delivered beyond hospital walls.

• Influence at the Highest Level

You willoperateacrossclinical strategic and system leadership partnering with executive leaders government and sector stakeholders to shape how care is designed funded and deliverednow and into the future.

• Rare ExecutiveLevel Flexibility (0.4 FTE)

A genuinely rare opportunity to hold a senior leadership portfolio role whilemaintainingclinical practice academic work or broader professional pursuitswithout compromising impact or scope.

The Role In Essence

You will providesenior clinical leadership and governanceacross integrated care pathways supporting people with:

• Chronic disease and multimorbidity

• Cooccurring mental health conditions

• Complex psychosocial and environmental needs

Your work will ensure care is deliveredsafely consistently and evidencebasedacross home virtual community and acute settingsparticularly for patients with the highest clinical and social complexity.

What You Will Lead

Clinical Governance & Safety

You willestablishrobust riskaware clinical frameworks that enable safe care beyond hospital walls including:

• Escalation pathways for mental health deterioration

• Suicide risk behavioural complexity and substance use

• Cognitive impairment capacity and environmental risk factors

Integrated Clinical DecisionMaking

You will designjoinedup clinical pathwayswhere mental and physical health are assessed and treated togethercreating clarity consistency and safety across all care settings.

Model of Care Innovation

You will cocreatefuturefocused multidisciplinary models of care integrating:

• Medical psychiatric nursing and allied healthexpertise

• Virtual monitoring early intervention and proactive escalation

• Traumainformed recoveryoriented and personcentred approaches

System Leadership & Partnerships

You willoperateacross a complex ecosystembringing together:

• Mental health addiction medicine and chronic care services

• Primary care PHNs NGOs and state services

• Virtual community and acute care environments

Workforce Capability

You will uplift capability across teamsensuring clinicians are equipped to deliverhighquality integrated care in complex home environments with confidence and clinical rigor.

Who You Are

You are arespected clinical leader and systems thinker comfortable operating in complexity influencing across disciplines and shaping care beyond traditional models.

You Bring

• Current AHPRA registrationand senior clinicalexpertiseas a:

• Psychiatrist

• Psychogeriatrician

• General Physician (mental health focus)

• Addiction Medicine Specialist

• Senior Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

• Deep experience in:

• Clinical governance and risk management

• Integrated chronic disease and mental health care

• A proventrack recordof:

• Leading multidisciplinary teams

• Designing scaling or evolving models of care

YouMay Also Bring

• Experience in homebased community or virtual care models

• Traumainformed recoveryoriented or psychosocial careexpertise

• Exposure to digital health innovation or largescale system reform

Why St Vincents

For more than 165 years St Vincents has led with purposedelivering care grounded incompassion justice integrity and excellence.

Today we are shaping the future of healthcare by:

• Connecting care across systems and settings

• Championing equity for people with the most complex needs

• Transforming how care is deliveredbeyond hospital walls

This role is central to that transformation.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 12 months you will have:

• Designed and embedded integrated chronic mental health care pathways

• Strengthened clinical governance across homebased models of care

• Enabled safe scalable careathome services for complex patients

• Reduced avoidable hospital admissions and ED presentations

• Established strong crosssector partnerships and system alignment

How to Apply

Please apply via theSt Vincents Health Australia Careers Portalandsubmit:

• Your currentCurriculum Vitae

• Acover letter

• Responses to themandatory targeted application questionsoutlined below

Please note:Applicationssubmittedvia email will not be considered.

Targeted Application Questions (Mandatory)

As part of the application process youare required torespond to thethree targeted questions below(maximum500 words per response).

These responses are a criticalcomponentof the shortlisting process and should clearlydemonstrateyour:

• Depth and breadth ofclinicalexpertiseand judgement

• Experienceoperatingincomplex multidisciplinary environments

• Capability tolead systemlevel change innovation and reform

1. Integrated Care & Clinical Leadership

Describe a time when you havedesigned led or significantly influenceda model of care that integratedmental health and physical health or supported people withcomplex chronic disease.

In your response outline:

• Your leadership approach and role in shaping the model

• Howclinical safety governance and integrated decisionmaking were ensured

• The measurable outcomes impact or system improvements achieved

2. Clinical Risk Governance & Escalation

Providean example of how you haveidentified managed and mitigated clinical riskin a complex care environmentparticularly where factors such as mental health deterioration behavioural risk substance use or psychosocial complexity were present.

Please include:

• How risk was assessed and monitored

• The governance structures escalation pathways or frameworks applied

• The outcome and what was learned

3. System Leadership & the Future of Care

From your perspective what istodesign and deliver safe scalable homebased and virtual care modelsfor people with chronic disease and cooccurring mental health needs

In your response address:

• The key challenges and opportunities at a system level

• What success looks like for integrated care delivered beyond hospital walls

• How your experience positions you to lead this work within a national health system