Psychologist

Job no: 920673

Work type: Part time

Location: Adelaide Metro Southern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health, Public Health, Support Services, Communication, Engagement, Media and Marketing

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Southern Metropolitan Adelaide - Mental Health - Trevor Parry Centre Community Rehabilitation Centre
• Salary $91,785 - $106,330 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP2 | Part Time, 18.75 hours per week, Permanent Ongoing
• Your choice of hours per week, plus an opportunity to increase hours past 0.5FTE for the right candidate.

Are you an experienced Psychologist passionate about mental health recovery and rehabilitation?

This is an exciting opportunity for an Ongoing Permanent Psychology-specific role, with inbuilt flexibility to nominate your workdays (0.5FTE), plus an additional potential to apply for your choice of further hours up to 1.0FTE within SALHN Mental Health Services.

This is an opportunity to provide your Psychology-specific and evidence-based assessment, treatment and care planning skills within business hours, alongside the support of a 24-hour Multidisciplinary team of highly skilled Clinicians who are eager to work collaboratively. Alongside easy access to a wider network of Psychologists that meet regularly during paid work hours for Collegial Support, Professional Development, Peer consultation and Supervision.

About the role:

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing a range of quality, evidence-based, and outcome-driven psychological interventions for residents.
• Contributing to the development, implementation, and evaluation of specialist psychology programs, including group programs.
• Providing specialist psychologist treatments for targeted residents, as well as family work and support for carers as appropriate.
• Conducting clinical evaluations to develop and implement service improvement programs related to rehabilitation and recovery.
• Contributing to the effective and collaborative functioning of the multidisciplinary team.

About you:

You are an outcome-driven psychologist with proven experience delivering specialist psychological services to people living with severe psychiatric illness and disability. You thrive in a collaborative team environment and are dedicated to promoting rehabilitation and recovery frameworks.

• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
• Proven experience in the delivery of a range of psychology services, including psychological assessment and specialist therapeutic interventions, to people with severe psychiatric illness and disability.
• High level of competence in designing and implementing evidence-based psychological interventions, including individual and group work.
• Ability to work collaboratively and provide consultation within a multidisciplinary health care team.
• Must hold a current and valid driver's licence

Other lucrative benefits include:

• Permanent ongoing position.
• Be paid your wage to access professional development opportunities during work hours, plus apply for the AHP+PDRP reimbursement program for reasonable financial reimbursement of professional development activity up to a capped amount per financial year.
• Be paid your wage to access quality supervision, during work hours.
• Leave Loading Entitlements including paid Sick Leave, Carers Leave, Recreational Leave, Long Service Leave, Parental leave, Moving leave, and others.
• Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, which reduces your taxable income to increase your take home wage
• Incremental increase in yearly wage, as part of the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement
• Opportunity to propose your own workdays or full time equivalent
• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to experienced Clinical Psychologists, across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations
• Working collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary team of likeminded professionals, with access and support from team-based decisions and Clinical Governance.
• Opportunity to work across multiple sites in SALHN
• Opportunity to be supported to conduct research projects, during work hours, pertaining to your role, with exciting funding opportunities present within SALHN

Join a team that benefits from our newly implemented Enterprise Agreement which provides competitive wage increases, enhanced professional development, and improved working conditions.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact:

For any operational questions, please contact: Trudy-Ann Thompson, Team Manager, on , or

For any psychology specific questions, please contact: Tom Watts, Principal Clinical Psychologist on or

Application Closing Date:11.55 pm Sunday 30th November 2025

Attachments:

• Role Description M55268 AHP2 Psychologist - Trevor Parry Centre
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 920673

Advertised: 11 Nov 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

Applications close: 30 Nov 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time