Senior Clinical Psychologist or Psychologist

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Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Daw Park – Aged Care (Division for Rehabilitation, Aged Care & Palliative Care)
• Salary $108,347.00 - $116,216.00 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP3 | 0.3 FTE – Ongoing

Transform Lives as a Senior Clinical Psychologist/Health Psychologist - Repat Health Precinct

The role supports the Geriatric Memory Support Unit, which provides care for inpatients who are medically stable and are waiting transition to a community Residential Aged Care Facility.As a Senior Clinical Psychologist or Health Psychologist in our Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) units, you'll provide specialised psychological assessments and interventions for patients with complex medical, functional, and psychosocial needs in an inpatient hospital setting.Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, a primary focus of the role includes consulting on and reviewing Positive Behaviour Support Plans to promote person-centred and trauma-informed care.The Senior Clinical/Health Psychologist will also contribute to staff training, supervision of students, quality improvements, and service development initiativesthat align with our divisional purpose of optimising quality of life in rehabilitation, aged care, and palliative care services.

About the role:

Reporting to the Manager Psychology, some of your duties as the Senior Clinical Psychologist/Health Psychologist may involve:

• Providing a specialist Clinical/Health Psychology service including assessment, treatment planning, intervention, positive behaviour support planning, evaluation, and consultation to patients and their carers individually and in group settings.
• Participating in interdisciplinary clinical and planning activities to enhance the overall service provided to clients.
• Developing systems for monitoring, reviewing, and improving the standards of services to clients.

About you:

• Full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA), with an Area of Endorsement in Clinical Psychology or Health Psychology.
• Hold approved supervisor status with the PsyBA at all levels of supervision, or: Eligible to complete PsyBA-accredited supervision. training and willing to undertake this training at the direction of the organisation to support the services' supervision requirements
• Experience providing psychological treatments.
• High level of ability to design, implement, and evaluate psychological procedures and interventions, including psychological assessments, and consultancy services, in relation to complex clients.
• Ability to apply specialist skills in resolving clinical problems.
• Demonstrated abilities in communication, liaison, and teamwork.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Thursday 11th September 2025.

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 910178

Advertised: 28 Aug 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 11 Sep 2025 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Standard Time

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Senior Clinical/Health Psychologist - GEM Unit, Part-time, Southern Adelaide

Senior Clinical/Health Psychologist - GEM Unit, Part-time, Southern Adelaide

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