- Southern Adelaide Local Health
Network – Daw Park – Mental Health Services
- Salary $123,048 - $133,957 p.a.
(Pro Rata) AHP4 | 22.5 Hours Per Week – Ongoing
The Mental
Health Services Team has an exciting opportunity in Leadership at SALHN
Provide
professional leadership and clinical expertise of an advanced level, while
developing opportunities for research, education and training activities for
the psychology profession within Mental Health Services.
About the
role:
Reporting
to the Allied Health Director - Mental Health, this role is integral to
providing clinical leadership and governance to the Psychology profession
across Mental Health Services within SALHN.
Duties for
the role will include:
- Co-ordinating and leading
professional, efficient and effective psychology services within SALHN
Mental Health Services.
- Utilising expert clinical
judgment to provide strategic advice on clinical matters affecting
psychology service planning decision, policy and workforce.
- Developing networks and
collaborative relationships with other clinical leads across SALHN Mental
Health Services to maximise co- ordination, role effectiveness, and
promote consistency in psychology workforce standards and service
development initiatives.
- Participating in the strategic
development of allied health and associated initiatives across Mental
Health Services and SALHN Psychology
- Monitoring psychology services
and practice standards across Mental Health Services to identify work
standards (in terms of both quality and quantity expectations per FTE as
appropriate for the clinical context), priorities, and provide
recommendations regarding allocation of psychology resources.
- Planning and implementing
supervision frameworks and structures, that provide a mechanism for audit,
assurance and continuous improvement of competency of all Psychologists
within Mental Health Services. This includes the provision of clinical
supervision, support and mentorship to AHP3 Senior Psychologists, AHP4
Advanced Clinicians and other identified staff.
- Establishing own supervision
relationship, mentorship and support relationships with peers.
To be
successful in this role, you will have:
- Appropriate Degree or equivalent
qualification and general registration with the Psychology Board of
Australia within an Endorsed Areas of Practice - Clinical Psychology.
- Demonstrated experience in
clinical leadership and the facilitation of service planning to ensure
clinical best practice underpins the development of psychology and Mental
Health Services.
- Extensive clinical experience in
collaborative development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
planned interventions for consumers with high or complex needs.
- Ability to act as the central
point of contact for strategic consultation and liaison in relation to
psychology service provision and to address clinical matters affecting
psychology service planning decisions, policy and workforce.
- Demonstrated competencies to
underpin successful contribution to both Mental Health Services’ and
Allied Health’s clinical governance systems to ensure outcomes consistent
with profession-specific, allied health, and Mental Health Services’
standards, and organisational objectives
- Demonstrated ability to
communicate and negotiate effectively, with staff and multidisciplinary
clinical teams, and as part of a leadership team.
Benefits
of Working at SALHN:
In
addition to your salary the following generous benefits are on offer to the
suitable candidates:
- Having access to professional
development opportunities during work hours, plus apply for the Allied
Health Professionals + Professional Development Reimbursement Program
(AHP+PDR) for reasonable financial reimbursement of professional
development activity up to a capped amount per financial year,
- Leave Entitlements including paid
Sick Leave, Carers Leave, Recreational Leave, Long Service Leave, Parental
leave, and others,
- An incremental wage increase
in-line with the Allied+Health+Professionals,+Assistants+and+Psychologists+Enterprise+Agreement+2025.pdf
- Access to experienced Clinical
Psychologists across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of
collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and
client presentations,
- Working collaboratively across a
multi-disciplinary team of likeminded professionals, with access and
support from team-based decision and psychiatry led, Clinical Governance,
- Opportunity to work across
multiple sites in Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN),
- Opportunity to be supported to
conduct research projects, during work hours, pertaining to your role,
with exciting funding opportunities present within SALHN.
Please see
the attached Role Description and link below for additional information.
Want To
Know More? Contact:
Anna
Kleinig, Acting Allied Health Director, 8404 2113, [email protected]
Susan
Markou, Personal Assistant, 1300043175, [email protected]
Application
Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 9th August 2026
Attachments:
Applicant
Information:
- We also offer salary sacrifice
benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of
your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to
find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public
sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including
part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working
arrangements for this role.
- Appointment will be subject to a
satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as
indicated on the Role description.
- SA Health Services are required
to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational
assessment, screening and vaccination policy in
the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 943318
Applications close: 09/08/2026
For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 943318
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