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Transform Lives: Senior Clinical Psychologist Opportunity at SALHN

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist at SALHN, you will have the opportunity to make a profound impact on the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges. Leveraging your expertise and compassion, you will provide comprehensive psychological assessments, develop personalized treatment plans, and empower clients on their journey towards recovery and wellbeing. Join our dedicated team and be part of a supportive environment that values excellence, innovation, and patient-centred care.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager (Operationally) and the Principal Clinical psychologist (Professionally), some of your duties for the role will include:

• Providing clinical leadership to the team to incorporate recovery focussed psychosocial and contemporary approaches / models into practice
• Providing professional supervision to other Psychologists.
• Providing discipline specific assessment, risk assessment, diagnosis and treatment/interventions to enhance patients’ psychological well-being
• Undertaking individual caseloads including specialised and complex issues commensurate with Senior Clinical Psychology responsibilities
• Acting as a professional consultant for other non-psychology staff members and service providers in relation to clinical psychology matters

About you:

• The delivery of a range of evidence-based clinical activities, including complex and comprehensive mental health and psychosocial assessments, treatment and care planning, therapeutic interventions, advocacy and liaison with other community service providers
• Working collaboratively with patients, their family/carers, and leading and promoting patient and carer engagement initiatives
• Working effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Contributing to the development of service aims and objectives, research and evaluation
• Providing clinical leadership, supervision, and sharing psychological expertise within mental health care settings

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Lucas Milne, Allied Health Director, (08) 7117 5094, Lucas.Milne@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Monday 28th July 2025 

Attachments:

• 907300 Clinical Psychologist - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 907300

Other Lucrative Benefits Include: 

• Having access to professional development opportunities during work hours, plus apply for the Allied Health Professionals + Professional Development Reimbursement Program (AHP+PDR) for reasonable financial reimbursement of professional development activity up to a capped amount per financial year.  Allied Health Professionals + Professional Development Reimbursement Program | SA Health  
• Leave entitlements including paid Sick Leave, Carers Leave, Recreational Leave, Long Service Leave, Parental leave and others.
• Access to Salary Sacrifice, with the ability to pay for things such as rent or your mortgage before tax, increasing your take home pay. Click here to find out more about salary packaging. 
• An incremental wage increase in line with the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (2021).
• Access to experienced multi-disciplinary mental health professionals, across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations. 
• Opportunity to be supported to conduct research projects, during work hours, pertaining to your role, with exciting funding opportunities present within SALHN.