Manager Community Adult Mental Health Services

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About the Role

An outstanding senior leadership opportunity exists for a Community Services Manager to join Clayton Area Mental Health Service (AMHS) within the Mental Health Program at Monash Health.

Clayton AMHS is an innovative and progressive service with a leadership group that strives for excellence. We are seeking an experienced operations leader with proven leadership capability and a demonstrated commitment to collaboration with consumers, families and external services to achieve the best possible mental health and wellbeing outcomes.

This is a key clinical and operational leadership role responsible for ensuring high-performing, recovery-oriented community mental health services across multiple sites. Reporting to the Deputy Operations Manager and working in close partnership with the Unit Head, discipline directors and senior medical staff, you will lead safe, consumer-centred and evidence-based service delivery.

This role oversees complex multidisciplinary teams and drives strategic, operational and quality outcomes across a broad community portfolio. In this role you will:

• Provide operational and strategic leadership across Community Mental Health Services
• Lead and support multidisciplinary managers to deliver safe, high-quality and efficient care
• Foster strong collaboration with consumers, families, carers and partner organisations
• Ensure achievement of KPIs, financial targets and accreditation standards
• Drive service planning, innovation and continuous improvement
• Promote and embed recovery-oriented, holistic and person-centred practice
• Strengthen stakeholder relationships across internal and external networks
• Lead workforce development, performance management and succession planning
• Act as delegate for the Deputy Operations Manager as required

About Us

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive public health service, delivering care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from more than 40 locations.

Clayton Area Mental Health Service (AMHS) delivers a broad and integrated suite of mental health programs across:

• Monash Medical Centre (Clayton)
• Atherton Road Centre (Oakleigh)
• Victorian Pride Centre (St Kilda)
• Community Residential services in East Bentleigh and Clayton

Our Community Service streams include:

• Emergency Psychiatric Service (EPS) – Monash Medical Centre
• Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (CL Psychiatry) – Monash Medical Centre
• Crisis Assessment & Treatment team (CATT) – Atherton Road Centre Oakleigh
• Gender Clinic – The Pride Centre – St Kilda
• Continuing Care Team (CCT) – Atherton Road Centre Oakleigh
• Mobile Support and Treatment Team (MSTT) – Atherton Road Centre Oakleigh
• Hospital Outreach Post Suicidal Engagement (HOPE) – Atherton Road Centre Oakleigh
• Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Team (PIMHT) – Atherton Road Centre Oakleigh and Pakenham
• East Bentleigh Community Care Unit (CCU)
• Clayton Prevention and Recovery Care Service (PARCS)

We are guided by strong organisational values — Full Hearted, Open Minded, All In — and are committed to safe, high-quality, equitable and recovery-focused mental health care.

About You

You are an experienced and strategic healthcare leader with extensive operational and leadership experience within mental health services.

You will demonstrate:

• Proven senior leadership capability in complex healthcare environments
• Strong operational and financial management expertise
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration with consumers, families, carers and external services
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites
• Deep understanding of recovery-oriented and person-centred practice
• Knowledge of relevant mental health legislation and national standards
• Strong stakeholder engagement and partnership-building capability
• Ability to lead change, foster innovation and drive continuous improvement

You hold relevant professional qualifications and registration in Allied Health, Nursing or Psychology (as applicable), with the required registrations and endorsements outlined in the supportive documentation below.

Most importantly, you are a values-driven leader who inspires high performance, builds strong partnerships and is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for consumers and the community.

If you are ready to lead system-wide impact within Victoria’s largest public health service, we want to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Robyn Humphries, Deputy Operations manager, Clayton AMHS, on 0411 072 172.

Supportive Documentation can be found here.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’. Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 10 March 2026