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Clinical Psychologist - Community Mental Health

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services - Waratah Clinic

• Part-Time, Fixed-Term to opportunity until August 2026.
• Flexible Roster with some afternoon and weekend shifts
• 5 weeks annual leave plus 17.5% leave loading!

About The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH):

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services provides a supportive and collaborative environment, delivering evidence-based care for consumers and carers living with serious mental illness.

Our Waratah Clinic is based in the heart of the Puckle Street Moonee Ponds precinct, surrounded by cafes, parks and excellent public transport.

We are seeking a Community Mental Health Clinician (Clinical Psychologist, Grade 2) to join our team and provide evidence-based treatments and interventions to support consumers with complex mental health needs and their families/carers.

About the role:

• Drive self-development; contribute expertise in clinical meetings and to improve service delivery.
• Participate in supervision and provide supervision to students and colleagues as required.
• Actively lead in discipline specific and multidisciplinary team activities and meetings.
• Support the team to drive high standards of service provision.
• Provide expert opinion regarding diagnostic impressions, formal diagnostic assessments, feedback on process considerations and treatment planning considerations/advice.
• Apply sound treatment skills for people with severe and enduring mental health conditions, and have willingness and capacity to commit to development of evidence based knowledge and practice.
• Assist with day-to-day operations of the team (e.g. workload management, support staff with clinical decision-making, orientation). 

About you:

• Registration as a Psychologist under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) with practice endorsement as a Clinical, Forensic or Clinical Neuro Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.

• Experience in at least one area of practice that aligns with the endorsed practice domains of the RMH MHS and have capacity and willingness to actively work using these approaches with consumers and carers.
• Current knowledge of effective evidence-based interventions appropriate to low prevalence disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, personality disorder and substance abuse.
• Committed to developing your practice as a professional in clinical mental health.
• Can contribute and function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and enjoy working autonomously.
• Excellent organisation, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in computer software use and information technology on the Microsoft Windows platform and ability to learn new programs and navigate databases
• Hold a current Victorian Driver’s Licence, and ongoing ability to use this form of transport

Benefits of working with The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services:

• We are a passionate group of people who love to work hard offering evidenced based services.
• Support to undertake continuous professional development and enjoy the work that you do.
• Access to health and wellbeing facilities via Fitness Passport
• Salary packaging – up to $12,000 tax-free earnings!
• Work in a values-driven organisation: People First, Lead with Kindness, Excellence Together

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Please be advised that we will be arranging interviews as soon as suitable candidates apply and this advert may close early.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.