Senior Clinical Psychologist

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Kew location
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Permanent, part time, (3 days per week)

About the Role

You are a Clinical Psychologist who has significant experience in public mental health in developing and delivering evidence based psychological interventions for consumers with complex mental health needs.

• Provide high quality comprehensive assessments including clinical diagnosis, psychological and personality assessments
• Provide secondary consultation to case managers for consumers with complex needs and assist them with the development of service wide management plans.
• Provide supervision to Grade 2 clinical psychologists, clinical psychology registrars and provisional psychologists on postgraduate placements.
• Experience and relevant training in the provision of assessment, interventions and evaluation of best practice psychological interventions (CBT, ACT, group work etc.) for consumers with a severe mental illness.
• Knowledge of and commitment to providing a comprehensive range of psychological assessments including diagnostic, cognitive and personality assessments for people with serious mental illness and complex needs.

Classifications for this position will range from Psychologist Grade 3 PL1 - PL4 ($108,279 - $123,905 per annum pro rata).




Your Contribution

• Completion of an APAC approved degree in Clinical Psychology at a Master’s or Doctorate level
• Registration as a psychologist under the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Practice endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist under AHPRA
• Recognised psychology supervisor under AHPRA.
• he successful applicant must have a minimum of at least 5 years post qualification clinical experience including some experience in mental health services.
• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check, or willing to obtain

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement
  

About St Vincent's Mental Health
St. Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) provides high quality, recovery-oriented services across an adult area mental health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara. The service utilises the Strengths Model of recovery and this model is embedded across all parts of the mental health service. St Vincent’s is also committed to the development of a strong peer support workforce. The adult mental health service components are: The Footbridge Community Care Unit (CCU), the 44 bed Acute Inpatient Service (AIS) located on the St. Vincent’s Hospital site, the North Fitzroy PARC and two community mental health services (CMHS) at Hawthorn (Hawthorn CMHS) and East Melbourne (Clarendon CMHS). Community mental health services comprise the Triage and Crisis assessment and Treatment (CAT) service, Continuing Care (CCT), Mobile Support and Treatment (MST), Homeless Outreach (CHOPS) services and Group Program and Brief Interventions Team (GPBIT). The Primary Intervention and Care Team (PICT) include Primary Mental Health, Extended Triage and HOPE (Suicide Prevention). A Consultation & Liaison Service is provided to the health service. NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Service and the Body Image and Eating Disorders Assessment and Treatment Service (BETRS) are regional services. State-wide services are the Victorian Dual Disability Service and the Victorian Transcultural Mental Health. The Acute Inpatient Service includes 5 beds designated as the Koori State-wide Inpatient Service and linked to the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.




Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.




Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
  

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.


We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.


Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM


SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations