Senior Psychologist

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Forensic Mental Health Service – Oakden
• Salary: $102,641 - $110,094 p.a. (pro rata) – AHP3 - Temporary Part-Time, working 18.75 hours per week, up until 8 November 2024

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

About You:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate, enthusiastic and experienced Psychologist looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Senior Psychologist within the Forensic Mental Health Service.

As a Senior Psychologist you will work within a multi-disciplinary team and be responsible for the provision of a clinical psychology service involving the establishment and monitoring of quality assurance procedures, program evaluation and the design and direct provision of psychology assessment and treatment services.

In this role you will provide specialist advice, assistance, and consultancy services to Forensic Mental Health Services staff. You may be delegated to provide orientation, supervision and support to staff, provisional psychologists and volunteers.

Senior Psychologists contribute to the development of service aims and objectives and participate in the development and maintenance of relationships with key partners in government and non-government services.

As a Senior Psychologist you will contribute to research and evaluation of psychological practice and promote new information and development in the field of psychology.

To be eligible for this position, you must:

• hold an appropriate degree (Master of Clinical or Forensic Psychology) or equivalent qualification recognised by the PsyBA.
• hold general registration with the PsyBA and be endorsed in Clinical or Forensic area of practice.
• hold approved supervisor status with the PsyBA at all levels of supervision (primary and secondary).

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s)

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policyin the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 863501

Attachments

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to applyfor further information.

Applications close: 26 April 2024

For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careersand search for Job Ref: 863501