Clinical, Forensic, or Neuropsychologist

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time or Part Time (until 30/06/2025)
**Position Classification**: Clinical Psychologist, Snr Clinical Psychologist
**Location**: Nepean Hospital
**Remuneration**: Dependent on Qualifications
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ537532
**Applications Close**: 12/12/2024

This position is dependent on Qualifications:
Clinical Psychologist - ($55.09 - $67.15) per hour

Snr Clinical Psychologist - ($70.17 - $74.19) per hour
- With _**_CORE_**_ Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed_
- and develop in your chosen career role._

**About Us**

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

An opportunity has become available for qualified Clinical Psychologist, Snr Clinical Psychologist to join the Nepean Hospital team on a temporary basis.

The Lifespan Clinics are a suite of outpatient clinics developed to ensure all patients who use methamphetamine are offered an opportunity for assessment, screening and diagnosis for known sequelae and complications of methamphetamine use. Targeted interventions are developed and implemented based on individual need, consistent with the principles of harm minimization and longitudinal follow up. Building around individuals, the clinics bring in the expertise of specialists who understand the health manifestations of methamphetamine on body systems associated with their scope of practice. Clinicians work synergistically with Addiction Medicine specialists and highly skilled drug and alcohol clinicians to realise patient centred and fully integrated care.

You will support the evaluation of high-quality, evidence-informed psychological services within the clinics, this includes participating in the evaluation of clinical outcomes of services, assist in the development and provision of education and training programs and to provide supervision to other psychologists.

This position is open to fully registered and endorsed Clinical, Forensic and Clinical neuropsychologists.

**Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees**
- Accrued Day Off (ADO)
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport

**What you will bring to the role**:

- Must hold a post graduate degree in clinical, forensic, or clinical neuropsychology (Masters, and/or Doctorate or PhD) and full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia and practice endorsement (or working towards) in Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology or Clinical Neuropsychology.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in psychological assessment, case formulation and intervention for adults and adolescents with a severe mental illness, drug and alcohol concerns, and/or neurodivergent disorders.
- Demonstrated understanding of the relevant scientific literature on psychological services for adults and adolescents with a severe mental illness, drug and alcohol concerns, and/or neurodivergent disorders.
- Skills in conducting research/quality projects including data analysis and program evaluation.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and the provision of clinical correspondence.
- An ability to liaise with a range of relevant agencies and departments both internal and external to health.
- Demonstrated high level organisational, prioritisation and time management skills in an environment of competing clinical demands.
- Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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