• Fitzroy Location
• Senior leadership opportunities
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Flexible working arrangements
• Permanent, Part Time, (24 hours per week)

About the Role
The Senior Clinical Psychologist will provide a range of high quality psychological interventions to adult consumers and carers of the service including psychological assessment, specialist therapeutic interventions, secondary consultation, and supervision of Grade 2 psychologists, registrars and provisional psychologists.

Under the guidance of the Acute Inpatient Service Manager and Director of Clinical Services, you are also responsible for providing clinical and professional leadership to junior staff, students and peers within a multidisciplinary, integrated team framework providing a recovery-focused Strengths Model of care.

Classifications for this position will range from PL1 - PL4 ($108,279 - $123,905 per annum pro rata).

Your Contribution

• Completion of an APAC approved degree in Clinical Psychology at a Master's or Doctorate level
• Registration as a psychologist under the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Practice endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist under AHPRA
• Recognised supervisor of Clinical Psychology Registrars and postgraduate Clinical Psychology students under AHPRA.
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain/ Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain (Select which is applicable)

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne's best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement
• Flexible working arrangements

About St. Vincent's Mental Health

St. Vincent's Mental Health (SVMH) includes an adult area mental health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara. The adult mental health service components are: The Footbridge Community Care Unit (CCU), the 44 bed Acute Inpatient Service (AIS) located on the St. Vincent's Hospital site, the North Fitzroy PARC and two community mental health services (CMHS) at Hawthorn and East Melbourne (Clarendon CMHS). Community mental health services comprise the Triage and Crisis assessment and Treatment (CAT) service, Extended Triage and The Primary Intervention Care Team (PICT) and MH- HARP, Continuing Care (CCT), Mobile Support and Treatment (MST) and Homeless Outreach (CHOPS) services.

A Consultation & Liaison Service is provided to the health service. NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Service, the Body Image and Eating Disorders Assessment and Treatment Service (BETRS) are regional services. State-wide services are the Victorian Dual Disability Service and the Victorian Transcultural Mental Health. The Acute Inpatient Service includes 5 beds designated as the Koori State-wide Inpatient Service and linked to the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.

Working at St Vincent's
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact [email protected]

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.