Permanent Part-time opportunity to work with adults experiencing severe and complex mental health disorders, providing specialist assessment, formulation, and intervention within a recovery-oriented and trauma-informed framework. You will also provide clinical leadership and professional supervision to less experienced psychologists and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Job details

About the role

As a Senior Psychologist within the Southern Continuing Care Team (SCCT), you will deliver advanced, evidence‑based clinical psychology services to adults with severe, complex and enduring mental health disorders. Working as a senior member of a multidisciplinary community mental health team, you will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapeutic intervention within a recovery‑oriented and trauma‑informed framework.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Provision of culturally safe psychological screening and assessment (including the use of specialised psychological measures such as self-report rating scales, personality inventories, intellectual, cognitive, and capacity assessment) to assist with diagnosis, formulation, and treatment. This includes the interpretation of test results and the provision of written reports to inform treatment and guide referrals.
• Application of key psychological theories (e.g., Cross-Cultural Psychological Theories, Cognitive-Behavioural Theories, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy – Bio-Psycho-Social Model, Developmental Theories, Transtheoretical Approach - Stage of Change Model, Psychoanalytical, and Humanistic) to an understanding of consumers and development of high-level psychological formulations and care plans.
• Utilise effective communication skills to optimise clinical outcomes and work cooperatively and effectively with consumers and carers; the multidisciplinary team; other Hospital and Health Services; government and non-government support agencies, General Practitioners and Private Practitioners.
• Engage in varied and complex inter-sectoral linking and liaison with relevant stakeholders and partnerships, including communication and interpretation of complex clinical information to secure the service needs of consumers.
• Provide clinical leadership, and lead and participate in the identification, development, implementation and evaluation of quality, service improvement and/or research activities that enhance the delivery of psychological services, procedures and protocols that support the continuum of care, improve consumer care and contribute to the development of an innovative adult mental health service.

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Further information

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

Documents

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

• MH680259 - Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application Support (PDF)
  
  Benefits for working with MN (PDF)