Allied Health Lead – Psychologist Grade 3

Job Description

The Victoria Clinic is a recently developed state of the art, purpose built inpatient mental health hospital, which includes a rooftop gymnasium and recreation area. The Victoria Clinic provides a range of inpatient wellbeing and specialist programs, which are growing to meet the needs of our patients and has an exciting opportunity for a motivated Senior Psychologist to lead the Allied Health team, under the clinical leadership of the Director of Allied Health. The Victoria Clinic is an inclusive and diverse workplace, committed to providing our staff with support and opportunities for ongoing training and professional development. We value individuality and embrace people with differing experiences, knowledge and skills with the intention of building a thriving, professional working environment that is both nurturing and safe. Key Responsibilities: This position is responsible for providing operational leadership and direction to the Allied Health team to complement the strategic direction, operational processes, budget and business direction of the hospital. The Allied Health Lead will coordinate delivery of evidence-based care and be accountable and responsible for the effective management of human, financial and material resources and ensure customer service is maintained at optimal levels. Capabilities for Success: Service Excellence - Taking actions and developing relationships necessary to meet and exceed patient needs; holding self and others accountable; using appropriate interpersonal techniques. Safety Leadership - Actively protecting others’ well-being, ensuring compliance with safe operating procedures, and inspiring others’ commitment to create and maintain a safe work environment. Communication - Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others. Execution - Ensuring others contribute to organization strategies by focusing them on the most critical priorities, measuring progress, and ensuring accountability against those metrics. Managing and Aligning Performance for Success - Focusing and managing individual performance by helping others set performance goals and then, tracking results and evaluating performance effectiveness. Patient/Customer Focus - Ensuring that the customer’s/patients perspective is a driving force behind decisions, processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs. Facilitating Change - Encouraging others to implement better approaches to address problems and opportunities; leading the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace. Managing Work (time management) - Effectively managing one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Coaching - Engaging an individual in developing and committing to an action plan that targets specific behaviours, skills, or knowledge needed to ensure performance improvement. Delegation and Empowerment - Identifying and leveraging opportunities to accelerate results and build capability by assigning tasks and decision-making responsibilities to individuals or teams with clear boundaries, expectations, support, and follow-up. Qualifications for Success: Mandatory: Recognised degree in Psychology & Masters in clinical psychology Current registration with no restrictions with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Eligibility for membership of relevant professional association Board-approved Psychology Supervisor Minimum of five years’ experience responsible for the supervision of other Psychologists/Allied Health, with significant degree of administration within mental health facilities Post-graduate qualification in clinical area or management/leadership Benefits to you: A rewarding and supportive work environment, with fortnightly supervision and opportunities for professional development. A competitive salary, as per the Healthscope Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, plus a number of salary packaging options to employees for novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions that can increase your take-home pay. Discounted private health insurance and access to banking benefits from our Banking Corporate Partners Program Employee assistance program including employee, manager, career, conflict, nutrition and lifestyle, money, family, and legal assistance. A flexible work culture, with wellbeing initiatives and paid parental leave. #J-18808-Ljbffr