Clinician (Psychologist/ Social Worker/ Occupational Therapist)
5 days ago
Description
Employment Type:Full Time, Temporary, 6 month contract with possibility of extension and/ or permanency.
Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 2/ Psychologist Level 2 (PN 14464)
Note: This role will be filled at either Health Professional Level 2 or Psychologist Level P2 depending on qualifications and experience, in line with the Enterprise Agreement.
Salary for HP2: $89,134 - $106,625 (Plus 12% Super)
Salary for P2: $89,134 - $115,738 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services, ACT
Section: Forensic Mental Health Services
Closing Date:11 September 2025
What can we offer you:
Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the collegial Forensic Mental Health Services.
Forensic Mental Health Services (FMHS) is a unit of Mental Health, Justice Health, and Alcohol & Drug Services, Justice Health Services. FMHS provides mental health care across the lifespan and across a range of settings, including a centralised community health facility, youth and adult custodial facilities, off campus community liaison, court settings, and secure inpatient units. The care provided is underpinned by the National Principles for Forensic Mental Health Services. The service aims to provide collaborative care guided by principles of Recovery and involving the consumer, their carers and other key services.
FMHS is one service with three distinguishable, yet integrated service components as follows:
Custodial Mental Health services (CMH) including: CMH Child and Adolescent at Bimberi Youth Justice Centre, CMH Adult at the Alexander Maconochie Centre
Forensic Inpatient Mental Health Services (FMHIS): Dhulwa and Gawanggal Mental Health Units
Forensic Community Mental Health Services (FCMHS) including: FMHS Forensic Consultation and Intervention Service (FoCIS) including ACT Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (ACT FTAC) and FMHS Mental Health Court Assessment and Liaison Service (MHCALS).
This position would primarily be based in the Forensic Community Mental Health Service (FCMHS), within Forensic Mental Health Services, though could be based within other areas of the FMHS.
FCMHS is a specialist multidisciplinary tertiary mental health service that aims to provide expert assessment, knowledge, and skills to general mental health services (including community and inpatient services) and other stakeholders (including the police, the courts and custodial centres) regarding the treatment and support of people experiencing mental illness/disorder who are at high risk of offending or those already in the criminal justice system.
As a specialist area, clinicians within FMHS are provided with specialist training and specialist clinical supervision and are consistently encouraged to be involved in a collaborative and multidisciplinary team environment. Clinicians are supported to maintain any continuing professional development requirements, appropriate to area of service provision, such as attendance to group supervision, research groups, and/or in- services.
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 response to the 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 Tegan Murray at or
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Closing Date: 11/Sep/2025, 8:59:00 AM
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