Academic Sessional Psychology

**About Us**:
At Victoria University, our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028. Join us on the journey and help us achieve our strategic drives embedded in our Strategic Plan 2022-2028: Start well, finish brilliantly. One of the drivers “Thriving place to Study and Work” will enable us to continue to create places that our students and staff love to belong and feel immense pride.

**Victoria University Psychology Clinic**

The Victoria University Psychology Clinic provides post-graduate students in the Master of Clinical Psychology and Master of Professional Psychology programs at VU with the opportunity to provide psychological therapy and cognitive assessment services to the public from a diverse cultural and age range. The university ensures that students engaging in this clinical placement are registered and practicing as provisional psychologists and receive the necessary supervision requirements as stipulated by AHPRA regulations to ensure all competencies are met.

The supervision of the students on clinical placement ensures safety of the public by providing students with individual and/or group supervision in relation to competencies relating to all individual psychological therapy treatment and intervention provided, as well as psychological services in relation to psychological testing and conducting cognitive assessments.

**About the Role**:
As a sessional Supervisor, you will provide high quality supervision aligned with AHPRA guidelines, with a particular focus on cognitive assessment. You will support provisional psychologists in building competence and confidence across various domains of psychological practice. Supervision services are to occur for the full length of the student’s clinical placement and can be provided in person or online.

Key Responsibilities
- Provide individual supervision to provisional psychologists
- Guide supervisees in conducting scoring, interpreting, and reporting on cognitive and educational assessments (e.g., WAIS-IV, WISC-V, WPPSI, WIAT-IV)
- Support the development of clinical reasoning, ethical practice, and professional identity
- Maintain documentation in line with AHPRA standards

Essential Criteria
- Current general registration with AHPRA
- Endorsement in Clinical, Educational & Developmental, or Neuropsychology
- Board Approved Supervisor status
- Demonstrated competence in cognitive assessment across the lifespan
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and reflective practice skills

**Application Closing Date: 22/06/2025 11:59 PM (AEST)**

**Who Do You Contact?**

**What We Offer**:
**How to Apply**:

- A cover letter,
- Your curriculum vitae/resume,
- Evidence of applicable qualifications, licences and registrations

**Our Commitment to Protecting Country**:
Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share.

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion at VU