Senior Psychologist

1 month ago


North Adelaide, Australia SA Health Full time
  • Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), CAMHS Executive, North Adelaide (5006)
  • Salary
    • Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $104,180 to $111,746
  • Full time - Ongoing Permanent 

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS team as a Senior Psychologist – Research, where you will be responsible for:

  • Establishing foundational research principles and strategies for CAMHS in alignment with the WCHN Research Strategy 2023-2027 and the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework (NCTGF).
  • Designing and leading research projects from grant development through to dissemination of outcomes.
  • Conducting reviews to assess organizational capacity for research initiatives.
  • Providing advanced clinical services to the child and adolescent mental health population as needed.
  • Assuming a clinical and professional leadership role within CAMHS, overseeing practice standards and service delivery.
  • Supervising and providing professional guidance to psychology staff within their team or across teams.
  • Collaborating with allied health, nursing, and medical staff, along with service managers, clinical coordinators, lead psychiatrists, and other stakeholders, to support service development and meet client needs and demand.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • An appropriate degree in Psychology (Master's Degree in Clinical or Health Psychology) or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Psychology Board of Australia, with general registration and endorsement in the clinical and/or health psychology area of practice.
  • Approved supervisor status with the Psychology Board of Australia, qualified to supervise at all levels (primary and secondary).
  • Demonstrated experience in presenting evaluation, research and/or project outcomes to professional, management or academic audiences.
  • Extensive clinical experience in the delivery of mental health psychology services to children and adolescents, with advanced clinical experience in the delivery of a range of evidence based clinical modalities relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
  • The ability to Communicate and work with other professionals, facilitate group functions and work as a team member.
  • High-level ability to analyse problems and devise innovative, flexible and effective strategies to address them in consultation with management, colleagues, other health, education and human services workers and those with lived experience.

What WCHN Can Offer You

  • Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
  • Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
  • Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
  • Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
  • Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
  • Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

  • specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
  • state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
  • community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
  • specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

Want to know more about WCHN opportunities?  Click Here to discover how you can Realise you Potential and join one of the many teams at the Women’s and Children’s Network to make positive change in our community.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Sharon Phillips

Phone: 8161 7383

Position: Clinical Projects Lead

E-mail: Sharon.Phillips@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 8/12/2024 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

AHP3 - Senior Psychologist Research - Role Description - 884258.pdf



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