Psychologist

Psychologist

Mater Private Hospital Townsville is seeking a qualified and experienced Psychologist to join our Allied Health team. This role has the flexibility to be offered as either a Casual or Permanent Part Time role with a minimum of 15 hours a fortnight.

As part of the Mater Townsville Allied Health Department this role would service both the acute inpatient wards and our rehabilitation programs using a multidisciplinary approach where nursing staff, specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, speech therapists, dietitians, exercise physiologists, psychologists, orthotists/prosthetists and pharmacists work together to ensure the best patient outcomes are achieved.

Mater rehabilitation programs are provided at the Pimlico Campus. Our rehabilitation programs include both overnight and day services.

Salary range: $60.01 - $64.54 (HP4) per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900

What you’ll be doing

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Deliver evidence-based, group and individual interventions
• Provide advice and assistance in the development of effective interventions for patients of Mater Townsville Private Hospital
• Provide ongoing assessment to monitor and review the effectiveness of intervention strategies implemented
• Liaise with various specialists and attend multidisciplinary meetings
• Maintain and enhance relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Establish a network of referral options and information for patients
• Ensure other adequate follow up is arranged for our patients ongoing care upon discharge
• Contribute to the integration and evaluation of strategic direction and priorities for quality improvement and research
• Act to enhance the professional development of self and others
• Provision of clinical supervision
• Ensure delegated portfolio responsibilities are achieved within agreed timeframes
• Ensure key performance indicators are achieved within agreed timeframes and resources

About you

We are searching for someone who is/has the following.

• General Registration via the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Psychology Board of Australia Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology or Educational and Developmental Psychology
• Eligibility for accreditation or current Board approved Supervisor status with the Psychology Board of Australia
• Ability to provide an experienced level of skilled psychological clinical assessment and interventions.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team, establish priorities, exercise initiative, and deliver outputs within agreed timeframes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to professional development and quality improvement and /or clinical research
• Ability to support continuous improvement of local service delivery
• Broad understanding of the continuum of care and the organisational provision of multidisciplinary health service

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national businesses/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking

Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.