Work with multi-speciality ambulatory care teams to provide paediatric psychology assessment and intervention services as part of the psychology team within the Allied Health Services, Queensland Children’s Hospital.

Job details

About the Team

The QCH Psychology Team provides clinical, health and neuropsychology services to patients of QCH to support their psychological wellbeing in the context of their medical condition.

About the Role

• Child and family-based assessment of the emotional, behavioural and psychosocial aspects of clinical care for children.
• Routine psychometric assessment of cognition, learning, emotion and behaviour consistent with professional psychology standards.
• Evidence-based interventions to address complex and broad-ranging client needs within the competency of psychology practice.
• Provide competent clinical knowledge and clinical reasoning to multidisciplinary clinical care and participate as a member of the healthcare team.
• Provide psychology services to ambulatory clinics and inpatient sub-speciality areas as required to support continuum of care needs of children and families, including liaison with other agencies to ensure efficient and appropriate service delivery.
• As experience builds, demonstrate ability to manage increasingly complex caseloads and apply increasingly independent clinical judgement to more complex clinical decision making, under the clinical practice supervision or professional guidance of a more senior clinician.
• Demonstrate a high standard of oral and written communication skills to work effectively with children, parents/carers, multi-disciplinary team members, other health professionals and agencies and contribute to clinical intervention, functional interpretations of assessment results and provision of treatment services.
• Work cooperatively and effectively within the psychology team to achieve best outcomes for patients.
• Maintain accurate and concise records and reports as required by the role for patient care and workload measurement statistics.
• Participate in the use of evidence-informed practice to enhance client outcomes and promote evidence-based initiatives of psychology and ambulatory care services within the organisation.
• Participate in quality improvement activities including professional development, supervision, performance appraisal and service improvement projects to provide a high quality of paediatric psychology services.
• Provide student education and clinical practice supervision for less experienced practitioners, commensurate with the level of experience, as well as direction to assistant, support staff, under guidance of senior clinical practitioners.

 About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

Find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

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, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit 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.

• CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF)
  
  CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF)
  
  677679 - HP3 Psychologist - RD (PDF)