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Team Leader - Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team
The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside

A permanent full-time opportunity to provide strategic, clinical and operational leadership while supporting innovative, recovery-oriented services that help consumers achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP5 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - North |
| Job ad reference | QLD/PCH693647 |
| Closing date | 12-Oct-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent |
| Contact person | Dr Senthil Muthuswamy |
| Contact details | (07) 3139 4920 Access the National Relay Service |
About the role
As the Team Leader of the Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team (MIRT), you will play a key leadership role in delivering specialist, recovery-oriented mental health services for people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness. Leading a multidisciplinary team of allied health professionals and working in partnership with psychiatrists, consumers, families, carers, and community providers, you will drive the delivery of evidence-based assertive community treatment that supports people to achieve their recovery goals and live well in the community.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:
- Lead service improvement and research initiatives to promote continuous quality improvements and the achievement of best practice standards.
- Lead key service initiatives as directed by the Operations Director, MNMH-TPCH.
- Provide clinical and operational leadership to MIRT, ensuring high-quality care and contributing to the development of innovative, evidence-based practices, procedures, and protocols that support the continuum of care and improve consumer outcomes.
- Develop, deliver, and lead advanced clinical services based on valid and reliable evidence within MIRT in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards, with a high degree of independence, to ensure consumer focused outcomes.
- Facilitate and promote effective communication and engagement across the service, advocating for consumer, family, and carer identified needs and fostering collaborative partnerships with consumers, carers, community service providers, and Non-Government Organisations.
Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health
- Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
- Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
- Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
- 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
- Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
- Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers
Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
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