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Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist, Grade 4 to join Northern Health's Mental Health Division.

About Mental Health Division:

Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.

Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.

We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.

Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

About the Role:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist to join our multi-disciplinary team within our Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit.

This is a rewarding and challenging role where you will provide leadership and professional governance to the psychologists working within the four acute inpatient units, provide advanced psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for adults experiencing acute mental health crises as required, often with complex and high-risk presentations.

You will have a key role in embedding trauma-informed, person-centred care within the ward, supporting both patients and staff through a psychologically informed model of care.

This role is responsible for . . .

• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), providing psychological insights during clinical reviews and handovers
• Offer supervision and support to psychologists, psychology registrars and psychology students on placement
• Provide psychological consultation and training to the wider MDT to promote psychologically informed care.
• Contribute to service development, clinical audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Lead or support the implementation of trauma-informed and recovery-focused care models on the ward.
• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions for service users with severe and enduring mental health difficulties
• Formulate complex cases and contribute to the development of individualised care plans.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• 8 or more years of clinical experience as a Clinical Psychologist within public mental health.
• Experience and good working knowledge of psychopathology, diagnostic assessment and evidence based interventions for consumers within an inpatient setting.
• Skilled in working with individuals presenting with high levels of distress, risk, and complex needs.
• Confident in applying evidence-based psychological approaches such as CBT, DBT, ACT, and trauma-informed care.
• Demonstrated experience in providing supervision to clinical psychologists.
• Passionate about improving outcomes for individuals in acute mental health settings.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary environment.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description.

Alternatively, you can contact:

• Michael Currie, Principal Clinical Lead Psychology Mental Health Division on 0409 275 656.
• Janina Tomasoni, Director of Psychology Mental Health Division on 0438 097 214.

Applications close by the Wednesday 18 June 2025.

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Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

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