The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Clinical Psychology Registrar

Open Dialogue Community Mental Health Clinician – Inner Melbourne Community Team

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Full Time, Fixed Term opportunity until May 2028
• Deliver Open Dialogue-informed, evidence-based care through a pilot program
• Provide recovery-oriented treatment and support to consumers and networks

About RMH at the team:

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services (RMH MHS) Inner Melbourne Community Mental Health Team is a new team delivering care across Carlton and the CBD. The service provides an innovative Open Dialogue model of care as part of a translational research project through the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing. The team includes clinical staff and Lived and Living Experience peer workers, with a strong focus on involving families and support networks from the start of care.

The position is open to P2 clinicians completing the Clinical Psychology Registrar program, with structured support through the Endorsement Learning Program (ELP) in a supervised clinical setting, along with ongoing training and development

• Weekly individual supervision 

• Professional development days 

• Monthly small group interactive professional development sessions  

• The opportunity to network with clinical psychologists working in other parts of the organisation. 

The successful applicant will also join a Psychology Department with Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists.  There is a regular program of discipline meetings and professional development opportunities.  There are also opportunities to engage in research, service development and training depending on interest

Your new role:

• Co-facilitate Open Dialogue network meetings with the consumer and their supports to understand their experience, needs and collaboratively develop a treatment plan
• Respond to people in crisis as well as provide routine treatment, care and support to consumers with complex mental health care needs and their support network, which may include carers, family, kin and supporters
• Work collaboratively with external service providers, including our academic partners who will be leading an evaluation research project for the pilot

About You

• You are an APAC Accredited undergraduate and hold post graduate degree in clinical psychology.
• Registration as a Psychologist under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) and eligibility to engage in Registrar program in order to work towards endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia. 
• Ability to tolerate uncertainty and work in a flexible manner
• A willingness to share your emotional experience within Open Dialogue network meetings through reflections with your co-facilitator
• Experience in supporting teams to understand individuals within their family, community and cultural context

Why work with RMH?

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging, generous leave entitlements and discounted gym access with fitness Passport 

Click here to view the full position description!

Applications will be reviewed as received, and the position may close early if a suitable candidate is identified. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and are committed to a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.