Team Leader
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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 Health Independence Program
Austin’s Health Independence Program (HIP) is funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and is part of the Continuing Care Division. HIP provides multi-disciplinary services that support people with health problems and other complex conditions to optimise their function and self-management skills so that they can live independently and well in their homes and community. The Health Independence Program encompasses many of the services that deliver health care to support the transition from hospital to home. These services can also prevent the need for a hospital presentation or stay, with people able to access these services directly from the community. HIP works closely with other such services within the Continuing Care Division including Better@home; Residential In Reach and Transition Care Program.
About the role
Reporting to the HIP Specialist Services Manager, the key function of the Team Leader role is to coordinate the daily operations of HIP Rehabilitation Services (home and centre based services) across the 3 Austin Health sites. This is achieved as part of a job-share arrangement with the other part-time Community Rehabilitation Services Team Leader.
The HIP Rehabilitation Services Team Leader will facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to client care ensuring that key service performance deliverables are met including consumer outcomes, activity targets, human resource and quality. The HIP Rehabilitation Services Team Leader will also have a clinical role within the team and will travel between Austin campuses as required.
A regular day will see you:
- Act as a leader and role model for the HIP Rehabilitation service staff, setting and clearly communicating expectations
- Effectively coordinate the HIP Rehabilitation team including recruitment and selection, daily staffing, job rotation, leave management, rostering and attendance.
- Create a team environment, which promotes positive culture, opportunity for learning and development, safety and welfare of employees and fosters innovation in practice that results in a high level of staff satisfaction, high staff retention rates and low absenteeism.
- Build strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders to improve the ability of HIP Rehabilitation Services to meet their service needs.
- Carry a caseload and deliver high quality patient care in the setting agreed to by the client (home or centre), where it is safe, appropriate and cost effective
- Undertake and or facilitate care-coordination as necessary
About You
Important skills and experience for the role include:
- Normally have a minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience
- Previous management experience of clinical staff in a health setting
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Commitment to quality, best practice and environmental safety
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form
- Ability to problem solve in a variety of complex situations
- Ability to implement, lead and support change
- Ability to build a dynamic team, which works effectively within a multi-disciplinary environment
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. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Janine Craig, Specialist Service Manager at Janine.CRAIG2@austin.org.au.
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 23 November 2025
