Lead Change in Indigenous Health

Play a pivotal leadership role delivering culturally safe psychological care and improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Job details

Your new role:

As a Senior Psychologist, you will deliver advanced clinical services and provide professional leadership within a multidisciplinary team focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.  You will:

• Provide high-quality, culturally appropriate psychological assessments, counselling, and group interventions for clients with or at risk of chronic disease
• Manage complex clinical cases autonomously while contributing to a collaborative, multidisciplinary care model
• Lead and support service development, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical research activities
• Provide supervision, mentorship, and professional guidance to less experienced psychologists

This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. Candidates must include a statement in their application outlining if they identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. Only candidates who meet this requirement will be considered.

About you:

You are a highly skilled and culturally capable psychologist with a strong commitment to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. You have:

• Demonstrated advanced clinical expertise in managing complex psychological presentations, ideally within chronic disease and community settings
• Strong ability to deliver culturally safe, client-centred care and engage effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities
• Proven leadership capability, including supervision, mentoring, and driving service improvement initiatives
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide expert clinical advice and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams

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.

Unit Profile

The Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care is a Queensland Health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Located in lnala, 18 km Southwest of Brisbane CBD, our clinic is staffed by GPs, nurses, allied health, and Aboriginal health workers, and visiting medical specialists. We also provide health-related services at a community level, and our research team is dedicated to finding and publishing evidence about how to improve the health of our patients.

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 Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

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.

• MS06682006 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)