• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Executive, North Adelaide 5006
• Classification – AHP3 – Allied Health Professional LV3 – Salary - $104,180.00 to $111,746.00 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Part Time (0.4 FTE) - 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:

• Lead the development of foundational research strategies for CAMHS aligned with the WCHN Research Strategy 2023–2027 and the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework.
• Design, implement and manage research projects, including securing research grants and disseminating outcomes.
• Conduct organisational reviews to assess and enhance research capability within CAMHS.
• Provide advanced clinical psychological services to children and adolescents as needed
• Offer clinical and professional leadership, including supervision of psychology staff across teams.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to support effective service delivery and continuous improvement in practice.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Must hold an appropriate degree in Psychology (Masters Degree in Clinical or Health Psychology) or equivalent qualification recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Must hold general registration with Psychology Board of Australia and be endorsed in clinical and/or health psychology area of practice.
• Must hold approved supervisor status with the Psychology Board of Australia at all levels of supervision (primary and secondary).
• High level qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis skills.
• 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.

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. Click here more information
• 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.

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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

Sarah Crichton – Executive Assistant to the Directors CAMHS, Phone: 8161 7198, E-mail: [email protected]

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 8th July – 11:55pm

Useful Links

AHP3 - Senior Psychologist Research - Role Description.pdf