• Consultant Psychologist - Part time 2 days per week
• Pastoral Counselling Institute of Uniting 
• Avail large organization benefits and continuous training

This role is responsible for providing clinical leadership, training, and supervision of psychologists in addition to providing evidenced based therapeutic intervention. The Consultant Psychologist will work collaboratively with a range of Mental Health Clinicians across the service to promote comprehensive evidence-based psychological care. The Consultant Psychologist may be required to contribute to clinical review and quality assurance processes as well as facilitating relevant research activities.

As a Consultant Psychologist, you will:

• Provide supervision and guidance in regard to the delivery of therapeutic interventions in the program.
• Ensure appropriate psychological interventions are incorporated into treatment planning, provide consultation, and contribute when there is a need for direct work with the consultant psychologist, particularly for complex cases.
• Contribute to the development of a formulation and treatment plan for individuals referred to the service within the clinical review process.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions to individuals accessing the service.

Role Requirements:

• Registration as Psychologist with AHPRA Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Current Australian Driver's Licence
• 5 years experience in your field. Extensive clinical experience within the mental health field in acute and community settings, ideally with young people and their families who experience psychosis.
• Demonstrated clinical and leadership expertise consistent with a role in a comprehensive Mental Health Service.
• Substantial knowledge of the evidence base for the biopsychosocial treatments of first episode psychosis.
• Specific knowledge and understanding of the developmental stages of young people and the impact that a first episode of psychosis has on development.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with young people, their families and/or significant others.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current relevant State and Commonwealth Government policies and agendas in youth mental health care delivery and in the broader community context.
• Ability to maintain the philosophy, guidelines, standards and policies of the EPPIC model within a headspace platform and to promote the early intervention and recovery of young people with a first episode of psychosis.
• Demonstrated commitment to clinical supervision, education, training and ongoing professional development and to contribute to clinical staff learning.

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