Shape lives and services as a Senior Psychologist in Acute Mental Health

Join Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services as a Permanent Full-time Senior Psychologist at Redland Hospital, where you’ll deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, lead service improvement initiatives, and support the next generation of clinicians, with opportunities to contribute across multiple Metro South Health sites.

Job details

Your new role:

As Senior Psychologist within Redland Hospital, you will play a pivotal role in delivering psychology services within the Acute Mental Health Unit. You will provide direct patient care, contribute to service improvement, and mentor less experienced staff and students by:

• Delivering evidence-based psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation within a multidisciplinary team.
• Acting as a clinical reference point and applying advanced clinical judgement to complex cases.
• Contributing to the development of best practice guidelines, policies and protocols.
• Providing supervision, support and training to psychologists, students and allied health assistants.
• Leading and participating in quality improvement and research initiatives to advance service delivery.
• Supporting care across Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services, which may include travel to Logan Hospital, Princess Alexandra Hospital and other sites as required.

About you:

You will be an experienced and motivated Psychologist, passionate about delivering excellent patient-centred care while guiding and supporting others. Your strengths will include:

• Demonstrated expertise in providing complex psychological services within acute mental health.
• Strong ability to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams, with excellent communication and conflict resolution skills.
• High-level clinical and time management skills, including managing complex caseloads and prioritising effectively.
• Proven leadership capabilities in supervising and supporting junior practitioners and students.
• A track record of initiating and evaluating service improvement projects.

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What we can offer you:

• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Opportunities for ongoing learning, research and career progression.
• Supportive and inclusive workplace culture reflecting the diverse community we serve.
• The chance to make a real impact on patient outcomes and service excellence.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Redland Hospital:

Redland Hospital is the major health centre for adults and children in the Redlands and Brisbane's southern bayside suburbs. We provide a range of services including emergency care, primary health and minor injury care, acute and subacute medicine, general surgery, maternity and paediatric, mental specialist outpatient and mental health care.

It's an exciting time as our Redlands Coast community grows bringing a diverse range of patients & an opportunity to make a real difference in the community. With more beds, new and expanding services the Redland Hospital expansion provides a range of opportunities to pursue and build a long-term career, enjoy a supportive work environment, professional growth opportunities, and a vibrant community!

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS10663997_Role Description (PDF, 1.10MB)
  Role Description