Psychology Principal Clinical Educator

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical

Reference: 60369

**About Monash Health**

**About Psychology & Specialist Services**

Around 230 Psychologists work at Monash Health. Psychology and Specialist Services (PsySS) is responsible for the professional governance of all Psychologists across Monash Health which includes the professional supervision of psychologists, psychology workforce development, the Psychology Registrar Program and for all Post-Graduate Psychology Student Placements across Monash Health.

PsySS also holds operational responsibility for the BeWell staff wellbeing and support program for all Monash Health Employees and a number of clinical programs

**About the Rol**e**:

- Exciting new position as Principal Clinical Educator for Psycholgy
- Becomethe leader of a newly formed psychology education team
- Lead the direction, planning, development and implementation of supervision, training, education and professional development of psychologists at Monash Health
- Ensure that psychology education programs are designed, implemented, and evaluated so the service capability of the psychology profession at Monash Health is enhanced and excellent patient care is provided.

**About You**

You are highly motivated and thrive on the challenge of supporting and developing staff and post-graduate students to perform at their best every day. You have strong written and verbal communication skills, you are an active listener and possess well developed negotiation and influencing abilities that will be used in working with internal and external stakeholders.

You are an experienced psychologist, energetic and determined in whatever role you have undertaken. Your track record includes demonstrated success in the following areas:

- Supervision of staff and students
- Proven ability to develop and coordinate programs including education and training of staff and post-graduate students
- Previous experience in administration, program development, continuous improvement, and quality initiatives

**What you will need**:

- General Registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Appropriate post-graduate qualifications (Masters or Doctoral Degree) in psychology
- Hold AHPRA endorsement in an area of practice. Endorsement in clinical psychology, forensic psychology or clinical neuropsychology psychology will be preferenced
- Hold supervisor endorsement with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA) for Registrar Supervision (primary and secondary) and Higher Degree supervision
- Completion or working towards a post graduate qualification in clinical education and or an academic appointment in tertiary psychological training organisation will be highly regarded

**Experience**:

- Minimum ten (10) years experience as a practising psychologist
- Demonstrated experience in the leadership, evaluation and implementation of service development, quality improvement and/or research activities
- Genuine career opportunity to influence and shape the clinical education of post-graduate students and staff including supervising psychologists
- Support, mentoring and development from a highly experienced and well regarded leadership team
- Satisfaction derived from leading and embedding change to enhance the clinical education offered to psychology staff and post-graduate students
- As an employee of the largest public health service in Victoria, you will have access to salary packaging, onsite staff car parking and gym and a generous Employee Assistance Program.

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same)
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.