Senior Clinical Psychologist P4 FIXED TERM
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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 state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About ICYMHS
The Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) sits within the Mental Health Division and provides tertiary mental health services to the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne (currently the local government areas of Banyule, Boroondara, Darebin, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, and Yarra). Young people eligible for the service are predominantly aged 0-18 years and currently expanding to work with those aged up to 25 years.
About the role
Austin ICYMHS has a significant number of Clinical Psychologists within all programs and teams, with a professional structure that provides opportunities for growth and development.
This Senior Clinical Psychologist role is a parental leave fixed term position and is critical in providing leadership to the ICYMHS psychology group.
- A regular day will see you supporting the clinical psychologists with ICYMHS with:
- Professional supervision and regular meetings
- Leadership and identifying the professional training needs for psychology within ICYMHS
- Together with the clinical educator managing the psychology testing library and program
About you
You will be someone with excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, who has significant expertise and strong organisational and time management skills, as shown by a dynamic and flexible approach to working with psychologists within ICYMHS.
To be successful in this role you will bring with you:
- Demonstrated clinical experience with children, adolescents and families.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direct service in psychometric assessment of children, adolescents and families.
- Experience in providing a high level of supervision to psychologists and other mental health workers in the service and completion of training required by AHPRA for the conduct of supervision.
- Experience in providing leadership in departmental research and evaluation activities.
- Experience in the recruitment, employment, training and development and appraisal of psychology staff employed within ICYMHS.
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 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: Sue Wells, Divisional Manager ICYMHS, Sue.Wells@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Tuesday 8 July 2025
