Mental Health Clinician

Description

Employment Type: Part-time, Temporary 11.5 months with possibility of extension and/ permanency.

Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 3/ Psychologist Level 3 (PN 60384)

Note: This role will be filled at either Health Professional Level 3 or Psychologist Level P3 depending on qualifications and experience, in line with the Enterprise Agreement.

Salary for HP3: $109,543 - $117,878 (Plus 12% Super)

Salary for P3: $120,806 - $131,180 (Plus 12% Super)

Location: Canberra Health Services - Cosmopolitan Building, Woden 2606

Section: Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Consultation Service

Closing Date: 16 September 2025

What can we offer you:

Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions

Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

Flexible working conditions.

12% Superannuation.

Access to Employee Assistance Program.

Access to discounted gym membership.

Access to onsite Physiotherapists.

Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role:

The Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Consultation Service (PIMHCS) is a community based, multidisciplinary consultation service which aims to improve the clinical outcomes for women presenting with moderate to severe mental health conditions and who are planning pregnancy, are pregnant, and in the first year after birth. The team provides specialist perinatal consultation, mental health assessment and advice to clients and to referring services. The service also provides psychoeducation and mother-infant attachment interventions including the Circle of Security (CoS) parenting program, Mother-Infant Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (MI-DBT) and Building Blocks, an infant lead play mother-infant group.

The MI-DBT program is a program for women in the perinatal period with Borderline Personality Disorder and/or Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. These conditions are characterised by difficulty with emotional regulation, self-harm, and challenges in relationships. The MI-DBT group helps mothers to learn to manage their own emotional dysregulation, and also to help their children to manage emotions, feel safe, and build trust in the attachment relationship.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for thePosition Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.

Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page pitch responding to the advertised Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Lucy Coffey at or

Job: Allied Health

Salary Range: 109, ,772.00

Closing Date: 16/Sep/2025, 8:59:00 AM