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Form of workReference Number: 44014: Lead Senior Clinical Psychologist - Psychotherapy Employment Type: Fixed Term Part Time (PT) Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)
About Northern Health:
As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.
Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be!
The Opportunity:
- Lead Senior Clinical Psychologist – Psychological Intervention/Psychotherapy Clinic, Hotham Street
- Community Mental Health Clinic, Preston
- P4 - Part Time 40 hours per f/n
The Role:
Northern Health Division of Mental Health (NHDMH) require a Senior Clinical Psychologist experienced in development, delivery and implementation of psychological treatments individually and group based to consumers living with significant mental health difficulties of Northern Health Mental Health Division’s Northern Area Mental Health Service. This role will oversee the development and implementation of the psychological intervention clinic at Hotham Street Community Based mental health service. The psychological interventions clinic and the Lead role has been developed in response to to consumer surveys that have found mental health consumers experience face to face psychotherapeutic contact as one of the most valuable and productive forms of assistance received from the public mental health system.
This role will also require the Lead to work collaboratively with the Leads from across the division, the Principal Clinical Psychology Lead and work with and assist the Area Senior the Director of Psychology (Mental Health) to provide broad leadership across a number of levels in order to develop the psychotherapeutic culture within NHDMH community teams. The lead will also promote the benefits of psychological intervention within clinical forums and through consultation with multidisciplinary teams.
The Lead Senior Clinical Psychologist - Psychotherapy will provide clinical supervision and leadership to Clinical Psychology registrars, Clinical Psychologists and other mental health clinicians across NHDMH.
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Experience in developing and delivering evidence based psychological interventions across a range of mental health conditions, such as psychotic spectrum disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, complex PTSD
- Lead and support the psychologists and mental health clinicians working within the clinic to deliver psychotherapeutic treatments to consumers of NHDMH experiencing significant mental health difficulties.
- Support and enhance the psychotherapeutic approaches currently in use within the MHD
- Experienced in providing clinical supervision to psychologists and other mental health disciplines
- Strong ethos of working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary mental health service to achieve positive recovery outcomes for our consumers.
- Experience in working with and supporting carers
- Experience in evaluating treatment effectiveness.
Next Steps . . .
If you have a well-developed psychotherapy practice, and wish to use your experience and skills to assist with the suffering of people with a severe mental illness. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.
For further details, please refer to the key result areas, major responsibilities and selection criteria within the Position Description here.
For further information please contact:
Michael Currie, Principal Clinical Lead - Mental Health Division on 0409 275***.
Applications close 5th May 2024.
Why work at the Northern Health?
We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:
- Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive’ program
- Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
- An inclusive and culturally safe space
- State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
- A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’
- Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library
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Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.
All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.
