We are seeking a Grade 3 Clinical or Health Psychologist to join our Allied Health team at RMH Royal Park. 

Deliver care across inpatient, outpatient and subacute settings through face-to-face, telehealth and in-home interventions, ensuring flexible, responsive and individualised support that meets people where they are at in their recovery.

Clinical Psychologist - Grade 3

• RMH Royal Park | 64 hours per fortnight | Fixed term 12 months (1/12/26-31/10/27)
• Enjoy the support of and engagement with the wider Allied Health and RMH teams.
• Education opportunities to suit your professional development goals.

About the Role

This position provides high-quality, person-centred and evidence-based clinical and health psychology services to patients of The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Care is delivered across inpatient, outpatient and subacute settings through face-to-face, telehealth and in-home interventions, ensuring flexible, responsive and individualised support that meets people where they are at in their recovery.

You will provide psychological assessment, therapeutic intervention and psychoeducation, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to support holistic care and optimal patient outcomes. The position also contributes to collaborative care planning, liaison with treating teams, and may involve travel across RMH campuses and other units in response to service needs.

Allied Health – Psychology brings together clinical psychologists, health psychologists and neuropsychologists in a collaborative environment that values clinical excellence, learning and continuous improvement. The department has a strong and active research culture, with multiple projects underway and opportunities to contribute to innovation, teaching and service development.

Key Accountabilities

• Conduct psychological assessments with patients with a variety of medical conditions, including a dedicated fraction in the Subacute Chronic Pain Clinic
• Provide psychological interventions to assist patients with managing co-occurring mental health conditions, coping with their medical condition and engaging with treatment.
• Assist the treating team in understanding the patients under their care, including how to work effectively with the patient.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to achieve high standards of patient care.
• The role is predominantly based in outpatient Community Therapy Service and Subacute Chronic Pain Clinic at thr Royal Park Campus with some subacute inpatient work also. In addition, all our psychologists work flexibly across the hospital with inpatients and outpatients and in subacute and acute services according to service demand. 
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, people-centred and supportive Psychology team

About You

You are a patient-centred clinician who brings:

• AHPRA registration as a Clinical or Health Psychologist
• Experience working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Strong communication skills and a commitment to ongoing development
• An interest in contributing to public health
• Suitably experienced Grade 2 clinicians are also encouraged to apply

Benefits of Working at RMH

• Meaningful Work
  Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
• Career Growth
  Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
• Supportive Culture & Belonging
  Join in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
• Innovation
  Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
• World-Class Excellence
  Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
• Enjoy great employee benefits
  Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).

• Work in the Parkville Precinct
  Work in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.

Position Description

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Our Commitment

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 are dedicated to fostering 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.

Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

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

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

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.