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Form of workJob reference: 845816
Location: 5015 - PORT ADELAIDE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Women's and Children's Health Network, Central Metropolitan Team - Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Port Adelaide 5015
- Salary - Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $102,641 to $110,094
- Employment Full time - Ongoing Permanent
On top of this, as an employee of Women’s and Children’s Health Network, you will have access to Salary Sacrifice benefits with MAXXIA which allows for generous salary sacrifice arrangements each FBT year as a special benefit for employees of the local Health Networks. A Meal Entertainment allowance per FBT year can also be salary sacrificed out of your pre-tax income to cover costs over and above the Everyday living expenses benefit.
Overview
The Women's and Children's Health Network provides state of the art health care for women and children in Adelaide and South Australia.
We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions and SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service. We also provide important community-based services, of which the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is an integral part.
Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a free community-based tertiary mental health service provided through the WCHN across South Australia, providing care to those with severe and/or complex mental health needs. CAMHS provides services to: infants / children / young people up to 18 (16 in some areas) for community, statewide and hospital-based services / perinatal women.
The Opportunity
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Central Metro team as a Senior Psychologist in a full time capacity, permanent / ongoing.
The Senior Psychologist provides quality services to children, adolescents and their families experiencing complex, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, within a multidisciplinary and interagency team context.
We are looking for an extensively experienced and highly competent clinician who can deliver advanced clinical services to the child and adolescent mental health population and also assumes a clinical/professional leadership role within the team, undertaking professional supervision of psychology staff working within their team or within another team.
The Senior Psychologist is responsible for contributing to improvements in the quality, safety and community needs driven distribution of services across CAMHS. You will be working with all allied health staff, nursing and medical staff, as well as service managers, clinical coordinators, lead psychiatrist, staff and other stakeholders on service delivery development, and practice requirements to meet client needs and demand.
About You
To be eligible you must have:
- Appropriate degree in Psychology (Masters Degree in Clinical or Health Psychology) or equivalent qualification recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia.
- General registration with Psychology Board of Australia and be endorsed in clinical and/or health psychology area of practice
- Approved supervisor status with the Psychology Board of Australia at all levels of supervision (primary and secondary).
To be successful in this role, you will use your extensive experience in the delivery of mental health psychology services to children and adolescents with advanced clinical experience in the delivery of a range of evidence based clinical modalities relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
If you have advanced knowledge in at least one area of clinical practice relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health, then this role is for you.
To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.
Benefits of Joining us
Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.
Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B
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: 845816
Enquiries
Luana Passalacqua - Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Psychologist
Phone: +61 8 8341 1222
E-mail: ***************@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: Monday 1 April 2024- 11.55PM
Attachments
Role Description - AHP3 Senior Psychology - CAMHS - 845816.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
Flexibility Statement
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.
