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Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference inpeople’s lives.
The Casey Area Mental Health Service is led by an innovative and supportive leadership team that seeks toprovide dynamic and recovery-based model of mental health care that will continue to develop with ourgrowing community in the Southeast growth corridor. Our teams are based in inpatient and community sitesand offer collaborative care to clients within our catchment experiencing mental health difficulties. We provideservice to the Monash Adult Mental Health Program with comprehensive treatment and support to individualsexperiencing complex mental health problems. We strive to deliver high quality recovery-focused client care asa multi-disciplinary team. Our aim is to promote self-efficacy and independence and social inclusion with all theindividuals we support. Working in our diverse geographical area, you will enjoy the challenges of working withthe complexities of mental health and making a positive difference every day. You will work closely with therange of mental health services including inpatient units, CATT, CCU and PARCS to ensure psychologicaltreatment is coordinated with overall treatment goals.

About You

You are energetic and determined and have performed above expectations in your previous roles as apsychologist. You communicate effectively, both written and verbally. Your ideas to improve service delivery arealways welcomed as our team is progressive with many research and quality improvement activities. As adedicated psychologist in public health, you care about patients and deliver quality psychologicalservices. Your track record includes demonstrated success in the following areas:

• Provide psychological assessments and treatment of complex patient issues and produce high qualityreports.
• Contribute to patient risk management plans in conjunction with multi-disciplinary teams
• Secondary consultation and supervision of staff and students (if Grade 3)
• Engage in quality processes of continuous improvement, and research initiatives
• Self-driven + have strong written and verbal communication skills, are an active listener and have well-developednegotiation and influencing abilities used in working with patients and internal and external stakeholders.

What you need:

• Current general registration as a psychologist with AHPRA
• Working with Children’s Check
• Proven significant clinical experience

What Monash Offers:

• Genuine career opportunity to influence and shape the role of a psychologist within the team
• Support, mentoring and development from a highly experienced and well-regarded leadership team
• Satisfaction derived from leading and embedding change to enhance the clinical education offered topsychology staff and post-graduate students.
• Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledgebase
• Mentorship & career guidance
• Support to attend relevant forums & conferences
• A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

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

For a confidential discussion, please contact Shenna Langenbach, Nurse/ Midwife Manager on 0419 942 108.

For the Position Description, please click here!

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’ 

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close 11th December 2024