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Psychologist - Youth Cancer Services - Senior
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba
Make a lasting impact supporting young people with cancer
Join this specialist team within the PA Hospital, delivering high quality psychological care to young people with cancer. This senior role offers meaningful clinical work, professional growth and the opportunity to shape service delivery
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Part-time |
| Occupational group | Psychology, Counselling & Social Work |
| Classification | HP4 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS04680605 |
| Closing date | 29-Apr-2026 |
| Job duration | Until 30 June 2028 (Part Time 38hrs p.f) |
| Contact person | Annette Broome |
| Contact details | (07) 3176 9062 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As a Senior Psychologist within Youth Cancer Services, you will deliver high quality, evidence-based psychological care to young people aged 15-25 years within a supportive multidisciplinary team. You will play a key role in improving patient outcomes while contributing to service development, research and clinical education. You will:
- Provide assessment, intervention and care planning for young cancer patients
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement and research initiatives
- Supervise and support junior clinicians, students and allied health assistants
About you:
You are an experienced psychologist with a passion for supporting young people through complex health challenges. You bring strong clinical skills, a collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary environment. You will have:
- Demonstrated experience delivering evidence-based psychological care in complex clinical settings
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Strong skills in supervision, stakeholder engagement and multidisciplinary collaboration
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What we can offer you:
- We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
- We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
- We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
- 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.
About Princess Alexandra Hospital:
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.
We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.
We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.
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.
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