Clinical Lead

Help shape the future of clinical practice at Deaf Connect

Deaf Connect is excited to recruit two newly established Clinical Lead positions within our Therapy and Family Services team.

These newly created leadership roles offer a unique opportunity for experienced Allied Health professionals to influence clinical practice, strengthen workforce capability, and help shape the future of service delivery across our organisation.

If you're passionate about clinical excellence, evidence-based practice, mentoring clinicians, and improving outcomes for children and families, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact while remaining connected to direct clinical work.

About these roles:

Reporting to the General Manager, Therapy and Family Services, you'll provide clinical leadership across the service, ensuring practice is safe, consistent and aligned with evidence-based standards.

As part of a new clinical leadership structure, you'll play a key role in strengthening clinical governance, supporting workforce capability and driving continuous improvement across Therapy and Family Services.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development and implementation of clinical frameworks, practice standards and models of care.
• Provide expert guidance on complex clinical matters, risk management and best‑practice service delivery.
• Deliver clinical supervision, mentoring and support to clinicians across the service.
• Strengthen workforce capability through professional development, reflective practice and clinical leadership.
• Monitor clinical quality, compliance and emerging risks, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain an active clinical caseload, modelling evidence-based and family‑centred practice.
• Build strong partnerships with families, clinicians and key stakeholders to support positive outcomes for children and families.

About you:

You are an experienced clinician who enjoys supporting others to succeed and is passionate about strengthening clinical practice across multidisciplinary teams.

To be successful, you will have:

• Allied Health qualification and professional registration (or eligibility)
• Significant clinical experience working with complex presentations
• Clinical supervision, mentoring or leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
• Experience within NDIS and/or government‑funded service environments
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and clinical reasoning skill

It would be great if you also bring:

• Experience developing clinical frameworks, models of care or practice standards
• Understanding of Deaf culture, Auslan and culturally responsive practice

About Us:

Deaf Connect is the largest, whole‑of‑life service provider and social impact organisation for Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing Australians. We stand with the Deaf community to build capacity and influence social change while paying respect to history, culture and language.

Our organisational values of Heart, Courage, and Discovery stand with the Deaf community to build capacity and influence social change while paying respect to history, culture, and language.

We offer an attractive benefits program including:

• Salary packaging, enabling you to make huge savings on tax and maximise your pay
• Flexibility regarding working arrangements
• Discount membership to gyms and facilities throughout Australia
• Free annual flu vaccinationsFree comprehensive online learning portal
• Free financial wellness support through our default super fund

Ready to make an impact?

If you're looking for a role where you can influence practice, develop clinicians and help shape the future of services, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help drive clinical excellence at Deaf Connect

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The successful applicant will be asked to provide a NDIS Worker Check, a Working with Children Check (WWCC) relevant to their state (if applicable to the role), and proof of working rights in Australia. Deaf Connect is committed to child safety, safeguarding, and inclusion, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.