Senior Clinical Psychologist - Psychiatry Adult

Job Description

Senior Clinical Psychologist - Psychiatry Adult Work in an environment that offers: Support for career progression and development An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service An ability to live and work in a vibrant regional setting The Position Job Reference: 1913Position Title: Senior Clinical Psychologist - Psychiatry AdultClassification: PL1 – PL4Salary per fortnight (exc. super): $4,164.60 - $4,765.60Hours per fortnight: 80 hours (includes an ADO every 4 weeks) Employment Status: Ongoing Full time Role Description We have a Senior Clinical Psychologist position for you! This position is designed for you to exercise your therapeutic and assessment expertise in our inpatient precinct, which includes our acute inpatient unit, extended care unit, and parent-infant unit. We are seeking a candidate who wants to work with a variety of complex presentations, where you will undertake comprehensive assessments (which could include cognitive/personality assessments), clinical formulation, collaboration with our psychiatrists and multi-disciplinary team, provide psychological interventions in individual/group formats, and make recommendations to the multidisciplinary treatment teams. This is an incredible opportunity to develop your career with exposure to a diverse inpatient population where your psychotherapeutic and recovery-oriented skills will be beneficial to our patients. We expect you to maintain high ethical standards and uphold the values of Bendigo Health. Acute Precinct role: Greater opportunity for diagnostic clarification and working with both short-term and longer-term inpatient admissions, as well as a greater variety of presentations, including patients admitted to the parent-infant unit. We value your expertise in providing psychological interventions to our longer-term patients and your skills in establishing rapport and positive therapeutic alliances with patients with co-morbidities. We will seek your knowledge and ability to make therapeutically oriented recommendations to families and patients and work therapeutically in both group and individual formats. Working with Bendigo Health Bendigo Health is a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training, and personal development culture. Our organization is diverse, welcoming, and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time. Benefits: Staff health and wellbeing programs Career development and education opportunities Generous salary packaging opportunities Flexible Working Arrangements Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through the fitness passport program If successful for a position at Bendigo Health, you must provide evidence of your full immunization record as part of the onboarding process. Your New Division The Mental Health & Well-being Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment area in Victoria. Family-sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care. Diversity and Inclusion Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disabilities, and Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Interested? We’d love to hear from you! Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume. Need more information? Please contact Fiona Hutchins, Nurse Unit Manager on (03) 5454 7675 or Justin Moir, Psychology Director on for a confidential discussion. Relocating to the Region? Bendigo Health currently has access to the Regional Mental Health Workforce Incentive program. Candidates relocating may be eligible for grants to support relocation and settlement expenses. Act with Respect We are proud to be a RespectX Accredited Employer. We have zero tolerance for sexual harassment, bullying, and discrimination in our organization. #J-18808-Ljbffr