Senior Clinical Psychologist Grade 3

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• An exciting new opportunity to join a growing team and make an impact on the lives of patients during their subacute hospital admission.
• Multidisciplinary role providing psychological care to patients in the rehabilitation wards at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre and the Better@Home service.
• This is a permanent part-time (19 hrs a week) position.
• Excellent staff benefits, including salary packaging and engaging professional development opportunities. 

Austin Health is the major provider of state-wide tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Psychology Department and Better@Home Service

The Psychology Department promotes the highest level of care for our patients. The department leads and excels in research, teaching and the use of person-centred evidence-based practice. As a team based in General Health, we work with a range of medical specialists and allied health professionals collaborating to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. We are a dedicated team who value connection and collaboration and provide a supportive environment to learn and develop. 

Better@Home is a multidisciplinary inpatient service allowing patients to continue their care at home where appropriate and preferred by the patient. It aims to help patients achieve their goals, prevent re-admission and in certain circumstances, avoid hospital admission altogether. Patients are admitted to the program from any of the three Austin Health sites (including ED), the community and other hospitals. The program has a grade 4 allied health team lead as well as a multidisciplinary team comprising nursing, medical and allied health professionals. The target length of stay is 2 weeks

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about working with patients with co-occurring psychological concerns and physical health conditions. You will provide psychological assessment and intervention to neurological, orthopaedic and amputee patients on the inpatient rehabilitation wards at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. This role also includes brief psychological care to patients in their home during their Better@Home admission. The Senior Clinical Psychologist will be working closely with the multidisciplinary team to support best practice care and outcomes for patients. 

This is a permanent part time (0.5 EFT) position.

We offer a supportive environment including supervision and professional development opportunities.

A regular day will see you:

• Providing psychological care to patients presenting with high prevalence psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, health trauma, adjustment concerns and grief/loss.
• Adopting a flexible approach to caseload management and involvement in patient centred intervention.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to provide best patient care including secondary consultation around patient management.
• Liaising with external agencies and community supports to implement appropriate community referrals.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A Masters or Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Psychology Board of Australia and endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist;
• Experience providing comprehensive psychological care within a health or hospital based setting.
• Knowledge and skills working with high prevalence psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, trauma, adjustment and grief.
• High level interpersonal skills that promote teamwork and engagement.
• For appointment at a Grade 3 level, candidates should have at least five years’ clinical experience and AHPRA approved supervisor status.

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 benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists.

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. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the 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: Sarah Fitzgerald, Clinical Psychology Lead 03 9490 7563 or sarah.fitzgerald@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details. 

Application Closing Date: 3 July 2025