Mental Health Manager - Psychiatric Triage Service, VPeR and Narre Warren PARCs

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Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives. 

About the Role

Step into a pivotal leadership role as Mental Health Manager – Psychiatric Triage Service, VPeR and Narre Warren PARCs, based at the Casey Mental Health Service. This is a unique opportunity to influence services that make a real difference in people’s lives every day.

As a senior leader, you will provide clinical, operational, and organisational oversight, guiding and supporting a dedicated team to deliver safe, high-quality mental health care. You’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of our services, ensuring they remain responsive, person-centred, and evidence-based.

This is a full-time, fixed-term role until August 2026, open to passionate and experienced professionals from the following disciplines:

• Social Work
• Occupational Therapy
• Mental Health Nursing (must hold a qualification as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse)

If you’re a dynamic and motivated leader who thrives on collaboration, innovation, and driving excellence in mental health care, we’d love to hear from you.

About You

You are an experienced mental health professional with strong clinical expertise and proven leadership skills. A highly skilled communicator, you work collaboratively with key stakeholders across disciplines and services. As a role model and mentor, you inspire and support others, fostering a positive team culture. Your ability to lead, innovate and manage change ensures high-quality, evidence-based, and consumer-focused care is consistently delivered.

Your strengths include:

• Extensive experience in mental health services, with the ability to manage complex cases and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven leadership and management skills in change, performance, and workforce development.
• Strong knowledge of mental health legislation, policy, and evidence-based practice.
• Highly developed organisational and decision-making skills, with the capacity to balance competing priorities.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and recovery-oriented, trauma-informed care.

 Qualification and licence requirements include:

• Qualification as outlined in the supportive documentation for each discipline
• Evidence of commitment to working in Mental Health - Post Graduate Qualification in Mental Health as outlined in the position description 
• Understanding of AOD and Forensic Mental Health is highly regarded 
• Demonstrated experience within an Inpatient Unit or similar 
• Current AHPRA registration 

In Return

This role offers you the opportunity to broaden your leadership experience and have meaningful influence across Monash Health’s Mental Health program. You will step into a position with significant scope, supporting service innovation, workforce development, and the delivery of high-quality, recovery-oriented care.

Allowing you to strengthen your leadership capability, you will work closely with senior stakeholders, and contribute to shaping services that directly impact our community. You will also benefit from access to ongoing professional development, leadership training, and the chance to grow your career within Victoria’s largest public health service — all while being supported by a collaborative and values-driven team environment.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further contact Kelly Isle, Community Services Manager - Casey on 0405 494 156.

Supporting 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: 28 October, 2025