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Form of workThe Psychology Department at Redlands Hospital is looking for a part time Senior Psychologist to join their team. The Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal Management Clinic (PMMC) specialises in the assessment and conservative management of chronic Musculoskeletal conditions of the neck, back, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and foot. The clinic is led by experienced physiotherapists who assess the need for an Orthopaedic surgical consultation and develop a comprehensive plan to manage pain and disability which may include referral to the Conservative Management Service (CMS) - physiotherapy, psychology, dietetics and pharmacy.
Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
The purpose of this role is to deliver senior psychology services within the outpatient Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal Management clinic (PMMC)/Conservative Management Service (CMS). Clinically, this position will provide both individual psychological assessment, diagnosis, formulation and interventions and contribute to multi-professional group interventions to patients experiencing emotional and psychological difficulties impacting on their experience of pain, quality of life and capacity to manage their musculoskeletal condition.
This includes:
- Delivering high quality evidenced based psychology clinical services to patients/consumers within a highly functioning interprofessional team.
- Contribution to the advancement of quality psychology services and optimal patient care, through provision of service development, quality improvement, and clinical education.
- Monitoring and reporting on work practices and outcomes, including initiating, planning and evaluating relevant quality and research initiatives.
- Providing supervision and training to less experienced (HP3) clinicians, students and to Allied Health Assistants (AHA's).
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives ( https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives )
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).
