Title: Team Leader Box Hill Community Team
Requisition ID: 7036
Location:
Ringwood East, VIC, AU, 3135
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Job Posting Date: 24 Aug 2026
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Team Leader - Box Hill Community Team - Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Service
Permanent Full Time | 5 weeks annual leave + monthly day off
Open to Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists or Registered Psychiatric Nurses
Box Hill | Local car parking + walkable to Box Hill Central for cafes and shops
Dynamic and innovative team with supportive workplace culture
Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Employee Value Proposition is “Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”.
This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.
About the role
Eastern Health’s Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) is one of thirteen specialist mental health and wellbeing services in Victoria providing a comprehensive range of inpatient and community based multidisciplinary teams for infants, children and young people up to the age of 25 years and experiencing significant mental health or emotional, behavioral and/or developmental challenges, and their families.
The Box Hill Community Team works to improve the outcomes for children and adolescents aged 0-25 years, and their families, experiencing significant emotional, behavioral or mental health difficulties alongside a range of vulnerabilities, including trauma and family violence. As the Team Leader, working in close collaboration with the Team Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide day to day operational leadership and clinical support to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of high quality clinical care, including the provision of a range of evidence based specialist interventions, to assist children, adolescents and their families/carers, to achieve improved health and wellbeing outcomes. The includes provision of supervision and mentoring of early career clinicians will be an essential component of the role. You will additionally manage a small case load of children and adolescents.
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess:
Current Occupational Therapy, Psychology or nursing registration with AHPRA or eligibility for membership of AASW for Social Workers
Demonstrated ability and experience in clinical and operational leadership
Highly developed clinical expertise in infant and child and youth mental health
A strong commitment to high quality care
The ability to work as part of a diverse team
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Experience family therapy is desirable
Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment.
Those that are offered and/or start between January and April do not require an up to date vaccination for Influenza to progress providing they are aware of its requirement later in the year. Those that are offered and/or start between May and December require the up to date Influenza vaccination prior to offer.
What we offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
Mentor and Shadowing program
Access to discovery days across our 50 sites
Study and professional development leave
Friendly & supportive teams
Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Fitness Passport for work-life balance
Employee Assistance program accessible for you and your loved ones
Flexible working hours and excellent entitlements
Salary packaging options and an employee benefits scheme
Access to Private Health Insurance offers
Digital upskilling, such as excel and Power-Bi training
Cafes at all of our Hospitals
Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check.
Good to know:
We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
Advertising may end before the closing date.
We do not accept recruitment agency application
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Please
Contact Person: Felicity Brown
Contact Number: 0402 298 987
Contact Email: [email protected]
Job Posting End Date: Monday 21 September 2026
Need help submitting your application?
Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1).
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