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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary
  • Classification - AHP4 - Allied Health Professional L4 - $118,887 to $129,427 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Employment Full time - Ongoing Permanent

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The Principal Clinical Psychologist provides expert leadership and clinical governance of Psychology services across CAMHS within the framework of national and WCHN standards. The role partners with the CAMHS Executive on service development, workforce planning, and quality improvement, ensuring compliance with supervision, credentialing, and training requirements. It also involves consultation on complex clinical cases, supervision of psychologists, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to advance service quality and professional standards.

Key duties of the role

• Provide clinical leadership and facilitate service planning to ensure clinical best practice underpins the development of Psychology services within CAMHS
• Contribute towards the development and achievement of the strategically significant directions of CAMHS and the WCHN
• Display a commitment to continuous personal and professional development

Skills and Experience

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia within an Endorsed Areas of Practice – Clinical

• Must hold approved supervisor status with the Psychology Board of Australia at all levels of supervision (primary and secondary).

• Demonstrated extensive experience in clinical leadership and the facilitation of service planning to ensure clinical best practice underpins the development of Psychology services.
• Ability to provide discipline-specific professional coordination, strategic consultation and liaison, and leadership across CAMHS to address clinical matters affecting Psychology service planning decisions, policy and workforce.
• Highly competent to successfully participate in the Health Network’s clinical governance system to ensure outcomes consistent with Psychology and Allied Health standards, and organisational objectives.

Enquiries can be directed to

Judy O'Sullivan, CAMHS Community Operations Manager, +61403245590 or Judy.O'Sullivan@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• AHP4 - Principal Psychologist - Role Description - 916544.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Thursday 6 November 2025 - 11:55PM

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