Psychologist Grade

• Psychology role in an inpatient rehabilitation setting
• Join a supportive psychology team committed to excellence in patient care
• Develop your skills in working in multidisciplinary hospital-based teams

About Monash Health  

Monash Health provides a world of healthcare across south eastern Melbourne, uniquely integrating primary, secondary and tertiary health services as well as world-renowned research and teaching facilities. We employee more than 25,500 staff who work across 40 care locations. In Monash Health your own growth and development is important and with us you can really be your best. For more information please visit www.monashhealth.org.  

About Psychology and Specialist Services - RACS 

Monash Health is a leading employers of psychologists in Victoria with over 200 psychologists employed in a variety of areas and diverse teams. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers.   Psychology careers are supported by offering regular professional supervision, peer support and opportunity for career development. The RACS psychology department comprises of Clinical, Neuro, and Health psychologists who work across the sub-acute and aged mental health network of Kingston Centre, Dandenong and Casey Hospital. RACS psychologists work from a patient-care perspective, delivering high quality, evidence based assessment and treatment. The department values itself with key initiatives and portfolios to improve service provision and quality of psychological practice. 

About the Role 

RACS psychologists deliver evidenced based treatment to a variety of patients and have key roles working within the multidisciplinary teams across the sub-acute wards using a patient-centred care perspective. The Grade 2 Psychologist will undertake a diverse role in investigating, identifying, and providing psychological assessment and treatment to rehabilitation patients with psychological, behavioural and/or cognitive factors that are impacting on the admission and discharge planning. RACS psychologists work within the multidisciplinary teams and in addition to psychological therapy, provide specialist support around behaviours of concern and education and training to teams as needed on mental health issues. 

The role is a two-year fixed term backfill position located at Kingston Centre from April 2024 to April 2026. The position is 0.6 EFT (or 3 days per week) and flexible, family-friendly hours can be supported. 

About You 

You enjoy working within a team environment and have a keen focus on fostering relationships to improve service provision and deliver patient-centred care. Your ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally, to a wide audience is a core competency for this position, along with excellent time-management skills and knowledge in working with patients with chronic and/or complex psychological issues. You are capable and confident to communicate your clinical opinion to referrers, enhancing these relationships through collaborative problem solving. You are passionate about your work and promoting the role of psychology more broadly within the public health framework. You have sound science-practitioner skills and value the importance of evidence based practice and utilising objective data to determine outcomes. You enjoy working in a team environment and work well within the multidisciplinary team to communicate triage updates, clinical handover and waitlists. 

Monash Health is a great place to work 

In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career. Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including: 

• salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay 
• a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program 
• free vaccinations 
• private health insurance at discounted rates 
• health imaging services 
• + more 

How to Apply 

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.  

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.