Psychologist

We are looking for a registered or clinical psychologist interested in working with individuals to heal their relationship with food, body image, disordered eating and eating disorders. This person will be passionate about behaviour change and also keen to help clients with other mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and others, that stop them from living life to the fullest.

About the position:

• On-site: Woden Office – Level 3, 50 Launceston Street Phillip, ACT
• Salary: $95 – 105K + super (FTE)
• Hours: Permanent Part-time, 13-14 hours per week – work when it suits you
• We provide: Full admin support (focus on your clients), laptop, professional rooms and gym membership
• Sustainable workload - clear and achievable KPIs, administrative time outside of consultations
• Multidisciplinary Team – collaborate with like-minded health professionals
• Clinical supervision provided – build your skills and confidence

About The Healthy Eating Clinic

VISION

We exist to set people free from food stress and teach them how to eat well for the rest of their life.

MISSION

We're building a sustainable and inclusive nutrition clinic with quality services delivered by passionate health professionals. We work together to build long-term healthy eating habits in our clients. In doing so, we're also creating a positive workplace where individuals thrive and reach their full potential.

VALUES

• PUSH BOUNDARIES- Be driven to innovate and create new ways to do things better.
• EXCEED EXPECTATIONS Go above and beyond, always do things with excellence.
• CARE AND SUPPORT Create a safe, non-judgmental environment where people thrive.
• COMMUNICATE Seek first to understand then to be understood. '
• WORLDS BEST PRACTICE Value personal and professional growth and evidenced based practice.
• LOVE FOOD Actively participate in the whole process from paddock to plate.
• ENJOY THE JOURNEY Keep an optimistic attitude and never underestimate the value of a correctly timed food pun.

HOW WE WORK

We believe ongoing, individualised, client-centred support is the gold standard in dietetics practice. Over a series of appointments, we focus on building healthy behaviours into our clients' lifestyles rather than offering an unrealistic quick fix. This way, we set clients up to become long-term healthy eaters and achieve their goals.

The Healthy Eating Clinic provides nutrition consultation and counselling within a weight-neutral framework to ALL clients, regardless of their goals. A weight-neutral approach means that we focus on habits, behaviours and routines that promote long-term health for people of all body sizes, which do not have the goal of weight loss.

For many clients, the pursuit of weight loss has resulted in food restriction, inflexible food rules and prescriptive diets, which can lead to poorer mental and physical health outcomes. We don't want to help people lose weight just for the sake of it, especially if their underlying goal is to be healthy. We focus our efforts on using diet and lifestyle to help manage our client's health and improve their longterm wellbeing, even if their weight does not change.

WHY WE WANT A PSYCH

We recognise the complex inter-relationship between thoughts, feelings and food choice. Many clients struggle with the psychological barriers to healthy food choice and find food a significant source of anxiety. Our team acknowledge our scope of practice and the limitations of dietetics to address all these barriers and challenges. We are excited by the prospect of offering clients a multidisciplinary approach to build a positive relationship with food.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a psychologist to work with us on a part-time basis. As our business grows there will be the opportunity for this position to grow for the right person. We are looking for individuals who are not only appropriately qualified but are also passionate about their clinical work in the following areas:

• Anxiety and depression
• Behaviour change
• Increasing personal performance and maximising mental health
• Improving body image and self-esteem
• Disordered eating
• Eating disorders
• Eating disorders in children and adolescence

We acknowledge that one person may not practice in all the areas above, however an interest or expertise in food and eating is strongly desired.

REQUIREMENTS

Successful applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum, general registration as a psychologist with AHPRA
• Current professional indemnity insurance
• Medicare registration
• Working with Vulnerable People check (WWVP)
• Willingness to work within a weight-neutral framework

The following criteria would be preferable, but not essential:

• 2 years' experience in private practice
• Training in Family-Based Therapy for Eating Disorders.

HOW TO APPLY

Please email CV and cover letter which addresses the requirements and outlines your experience to Clinic Manager, Clare Wolski )