Psychologists - Acute Allied Health Team
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 14 July 2024
Classification: Health Professional Level 2/3/4
Salary: $70,679 - $123,710 plus superannuation
Position No: 48430, several - 02IC9
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 24 June 2024
Contact Officer: Tim Tooke on
Tim.Tooke@act.gov.au
or
(02) 5124 3373
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
The Canberra Health Services is looking for Psychologists to join our teams at the Canberra Hospital in 2024. We have range of full-time and part-time positions available for Psychologists of varying experience levels from HP2 to HP4 dependent on your background and clinical interests. We are looking for generally registered psychologists, clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and health psychologists who are interested in working in an acute care setting.
Our Psychology team offers supportive, collegial learning environments with experience or those looking to develop skills in any of the following clinical areas:
- Adults in the acute (ICU, medical, surgical) settings
- Pain management (including spinal pain)
- Paediatrics (developmental, acute care)
- Eating disorders
- Cancer care
- Functional neurological disorders
- Counselling
Some of the benefits for Psychologists working with us include:
- A supportive learning environment with fully funded board approved internal or external supervision provided for all team members.
- Group Attraction and Retention Incentive (ARin) of $9,466 - $13,316 in addition to salary, depending on grading.
- Relocation allowance of up to $12,000 for individuals with additional funding for dependents.
- Access to annual professional development funding of up to 2% of annual salary after 12 months of service.
- Assistance and support to complete Areas of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology or Clinical Neuropsychology or to become a Board Approved Supervisor.
- Flexible working conditions with negotiable working hours according to your availability, including support for you to work in private practice while working with us.
Please talk to our team via the contact officer to discuss the opportunities that we can offer you with our Psychology teams.
Notes:
- Applications should include a Curriculum Vitae and responses to the selection criteria for the position sought by the applicant. Selection Criteria are available under “what you require” and responses should be a maximum of five A4 pages.
- All positions may be filled based on written application alone.
- Positions may be offered on a permanent basis or on a temporary basis up to 12 months at the request of the applicant.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
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