Psychologist, Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Mental Health Services – Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre
• Salary $86,950 - $100,729 p.a. – AHP2; Temporary Part-Time – 18.75 hours per week, up until 1 May 2025

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 and enthusiastic 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.

The successful applicant will work within a multi-disciplinary team and provide specialist advice, assistance, and consultancy services to the Wondakka Community Rehabilitation Centre staff.

The Psychologist will conduct assessments and intervention, with consumers presenting with complex mental health conditions.  Assessments may be involve formal cognitive testing, therapy readiness assessment, DBT therapy assessments. NALHN Neuropsychologists support the Psychologist by providing specialist neuropsychological assessments from which the Psychologist can develop recommendations, interventions and plans for supporting staff in caring for consumers of the Wondakka.

Interventions involve but are not limited to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, trauma-related therapies (EMDR, CPT, PL), and Schema therapy and Narrative approaches. Group work is another primary intervention modality (e.g., Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis). 

Training and supervision in the use of a range of assessments and therapies is provided on an ongoing basis.  Targeted supervision by specialist clinicians within NALHN is available.

The Psychologist may be delegated to provide orientation, supervision and support to staff, provisional psychologists and volunteers.

The Psychologist will 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.

The Psychologist will contribute to research and evaluation of psychological practice and promote new information and development in the field of psychology.

About the Role:

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

The Psychologist (AHP2) is operationally accountable to the Team Manager for the provision assessment and treatment services for community consumers of NALHN which aims to optimise health outcomes. The incumbent will rotate through a series of clinical services.

The Psychologist applies clinical experience, increasing clinical knowledge and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive and integrated services to the needs of consumers. The Psychologist works under limited direct clinical supervision and may provide direction and support to less experienced staff, allied health assistants and students.

The Psychologist works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and liaises directly with medical, nursing, allied health staff, community mental health teams, NALHN and with other private providers and community agencies.

To be eligible for this position, you must:

• Must hold appropriate degree (Master of Clinical Psychology) or equivalent qualification recognised by the PsyBA
• Must hold general registration with the PsyBA

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 policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  

Job Ref: 861304

Enquiries

Deborah McLean

Principal Psychologist

Phone: 08 7485 4***

E-mail: **************@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

29 March 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

Role Description

 861304 - Psychologist - Wondakka CRC - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information