About Monash Health

Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria, employing over 18,000 people across a range of specialities. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne's population across the entire life span from newborns and children, to adults, the elderly, and their families and carers. For more information please visit www.monashealth.com.au.

At Agile Psychological Medicine Clinics (aPM) we believe our community should have access to personalised, flexible therapeutic care at their first interaction with public mental health services.

We have a team of smart and dedicated psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists who are passionate about providing this care and we are looking for another psychologist to join our team.

This is a temporary family-leave replacement position. If you are thinking of trying work in public mental health, this might be your opportunity and we encourage psychologists who are keen on trying new things are developing their career to apply. Early career psychologists are also encouraged to try their hand at this role.

What you will be Doing:

Meeting with clients referred from Monash Health psychiatric triage or emergency and jointly with the client, come to an understanding of the issues and the client’s needs

Provide brief psychological treatment - make a difference to the lives of our clients by providing timely and flexible psychological interventions.

Routinely measure the outcomes of your work and have this inform your work going forward.

Be part of a strong and supportive clinical team where we support each other to do interesting and challenging work

This is a part-time (3 days per week) position.

How you will be supported in your role:

This is a psychology-specific role and presents a fantastic opportunity to use and develop your psychology skills within a very supportive team

Psychology and Specialist Services at Monash Health offers regular professional supervision, peer support, and the opportunity for career development to all of our 180 psychologists.

We established Australia's first Psychology Registrar and Graduate Education Program to support our early career psychologists and to support senior psychologists to maintain PsyBA supervisor status.

Additional benefits include five weeks annual leave (pro rata), paid professional development leave and a work environment that is extremely supportive of your ongoing development as a psychologist

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite subsidised staff car parking and gym, and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About You:

• You are an accomplished psychologist with a passion for providing high quality psychology care
• You are a flexible thinker with the capacity to self-manage
• You have experience delivering mental health interventions
• You lead by example, thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of evidence-based psychological treatment to all clients
• You are motivated to provide mentoring, supervising and clinical leadership to junior colleagues
• You are in interested in a psychology specific role in public mental health

What You Need:

• Current PsyBA registration
• Current driver’s license and Working with Children Check
• Australian working rights

How to Apply

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

• reference checks;
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
• proof of immunisation.

As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.

Please note, applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System – e-mail applications will not be considered.

Existing Monash Health Employees: apply using your employee Mercury account. For enquiries regarding employee accounts please contact Recruitment Services by emailing [email protected], using the subject line: Agile Psychological Medicine Psychologist enquiry via EthicalJobs.

In accordance with the COVID- 19 Mandatory Vaccination Directions issued by the Chief Health Officer on 7 September 2021, all employees working in Residential Aged Care facilities will be required to provide evidence of COVID 19 vaccination or evidence of a vaccination booking in accordance with the directions.

Vaccination requirements for roles in our Residential Aged Care facilities will be confirmed at interview stage and you should bring evidence. Offers of employment will only be made to candidates that can provide evidence that they meet the vaccination requirements.

To view the full position description and to apply now, click HERE!