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SalaryAlfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- Permanent, Part-time (0.5EFT)
- Based in Bentleigh
- Psychologist Grade 4
- Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
- Great team culture
- Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
- Work-life balance
- Be involved in an innovative youth mental health program that is making a real difference in the community!
Headspace Early Psychosis (hEP) is one of the world's most innovative and comprehensive youth early psychosis programs being delivered through one program in each Australian state. Through this initiative, young people and their families have timely access to comprehensive evidence-based early psychosis services. This program aims to intervene early with young people who have unusual sensory experiences and/or beliefs and their families and supporters. The service builds on strengths and resilience, uses the wisdom of lived experience and fosters hope, potential, and recovery.
What you'll be doing
This position encompasses leadership, administration, teaching & clinical roles.
In this role, you will:
- be responsible for the co-ordination of psychology services within headspace;
- work with the headspace Executive & the Manager of Psychology to be responsible for the strategic direction of psychology within the child and youth mental health programs;
- provide Clinical Leadership to the Psychologists and other staff working within headspace; and
- maintain a clinical case load within area of responsibility
- Registration under the Health Professions Registration Act 2005.
- Endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist
- Masters or Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology.
- Approved Supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia.
- Eligible for membership of the APS and the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.
- Australian working rights, and full Covid-19 vaccination
- Current Working with Children Check and be willing to undergo a Background Check
- Portable long service leave from other public health services
- Great employment benefits as part of Alfred Health - Wellbeing initiatives, access to salary packaging, novated leasing and discounted health insurance and banking
- Great work life balance & located close to public transport, shops and cafes
For more information regarding the position, please contact Paul Bennetts (hEP Manager) on ph: 0427 169 615, or Lynda Katona (Director Psychology Services) on ph: 0402 071 138
Closing date: Tuesday, 6th February 2024 by 11pm AEDT
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
In accordance with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all Alfred Health employees are required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption. Furthermore, in accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department's risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
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