Complex Care Team Leader

**Position Title:** Complex Care Team Leader

**Classification:** ZA7 - Clinical Nurse Consultant C Y1

**Salary per hour:** $66.08 + superannuation + generous salary packaging options

**Employment Type:** Fixed Term Contract Part-time 48 to 64 hours per fortnight until 9th October 2026

**Award:** Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 -2028

**Role description**

Dhelkaya Health is seeking a motivated and experienced senior clinician to join our Community Nursing team as Complex Care Team Leader.

The Complex Care Program is a multidisciplinary service funded under the Health Independence Program (HIP). The program delivers hospital substitution and diversion services by supporting people with chronic and complex health needs in the community, ambulatory care settings and in clients' own homes. Our focus is on person-centred care that reduces avoidable hospital admissions and supports independence and wellbeing.

This is a senior clinical leadership role that combines team leadership with direct clinical care. The Complex Care Team Leader provides professional, clinical and operational leadership to the Complex Care team, ensuring high-quality assessments, coordinated interventions and safe, effective service delivery for community-based clients with complex needs.

The role also provides clinical expertise and leadership across the Continuing Care Directorate and works closely with Ambulatory Care, At Home and Community Nursing programs.

### **Key Responsibilities**

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to Complex Care clinicians
• Maintain a clinical caseload while balancing leadership responsibilities
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, person-centred care and evidence-based practice
• Support hospital avoidance through effective community-based interventions
• Lead and contribute to quality improvement and service development activities
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders
• Act as a clinical resource within Dhelkaya Health and the broader community

**About you**

• Registered health professional with relevant tertiary qualifications
• Extensive experience in community, complex or chronic care settings
• Demonstrated leadership and team coordination skills
• Strong clinical assessment, decision-making and case management capabilities

**Culture and Benefits**

Dhelkaya Health is located on Dja Dja Wurrung country in regional Victoria. Just a short drive from Bendigo and easily accessed via public transport, the area is brimming with culture that blends the old with the new. Steeped in rich history, the town boasts a vibrant arts scene, historic architecture and is part of the Bendigo Region UNESCO City of Gastronomy.

Surrounded by scenic trails and a unique natural environment that includes historic goldfields, outdoor enthusiasts can immerse themselves in the beauty of the natural world. Combined with a wide range of sporting clubs and outdoor recreation opportunities, the community offers a rich, diverse culture to enjoy.

From community events celebrating local festivals to grassroots initiatives fostering inclusivity and diversity, this is a place where people come together. At Dhelkaya Health, you'll enjoy all this and a flexible work environment with access to career development pathways that suit your life goals. You'll also benefit from:

• **Stress-free parking:** at no-cost close to your place of work.
• **Salary packaging:** to maximise your earnings with options to package meals, entertainment, rent/mortgage repayments, and more.
• **Healthy and active lifestyle:** through access to a free onsite gym and Fitness Passportmembership for your family to use in a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities across the region
• **Health and wellbeing:** through a supported work environment that prioritises work-life balance and a health and well-being program that includes an Employee Assistance Program.
• **Building meaningful connections:** through the Dhelkaya Health Social Club and a variety of staff events and activities throughout the year held in a friendly, inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.
• **Home share** - If lack of housing is stopping you from applying for a job here, consider Home share. It may help you get started at Dhelkaya Health. See this link for obligation free information.

https://dhelkayahealth.org.au/homeshare/

• *All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police check, NDIS (if required) and compliance with Dhelkaya Health Vaccination Policy.*

Our purpose and role at Dhelkaya Health is to be Healthier Together - we engage and empower individuals and community through the provision of empathetic inclusive and professional health services. We want a workforce who share our passion and purpose and is as diverse as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, and people of diverse genders and/or sexual orientations.

**For further information about this position, please contact Jane Pinnuck - Director of Continuing Care on 0401600911.**

Please note that candidates are required to submit a cover letter and CV together with a document addressing the key selection criteria (which can be found on the Position Description). Only candidates that supply this information will be considered for roles at Dhelkaya Health.