• Women's and Children's Health Network, Allied Health, Complex & Sub Acute Care, Chronic Pain Service, Kaurna Land, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary

• AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $104,180.00 to $111,746.00 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits

• Part Time (0.6 FTE) - Ongoing Permanent

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Chronic Pain Service team as a Senior Clinical/Health Psychologist, where you will be responsible for:

• Coordination and implementation of high quality psychological and therapeutic services to children referred to the Paediatric Chronic Pain Service at WCHN
• Provide service to inpatient and outpatient, and via consultation to other community services
• Provide consultation on complex cases to a range of staff or stakeholders.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of mental health and rehabilitation services for children, adolescents, and families.
• Timely involvement in case management to inform clinical decision making and support of client’s emotional well-being.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with Psychology Board of Australia within an endorsed area of practice.
• Demonstrated ability to apply specialised skills in analysing complex clinical problems and formulate and implement appropriate courses of action that can develop clinical and service provision.
• Demonstrate ability to express complex ideas succinctly and logically both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, liaison and presentation skills
• Experience in conducting psychological assessment and intervention with children, young people and families experiencing complex emotional, behavioural and/or cognitive difficulties.
• Demonstrated leadership and co-ordination experience in a related area

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.

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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

Komal Krishnan – Administration Officer, Phone: 0481 900 577, E-mail: [email protected]

Application Closing Date: Sunday 27th July 2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

AHP3 - Senior Psychologist - Role Description - 909180.pdf