Clinical Psychologist – CAMHS Hunter Valley

About the role

Hunter New England Health is recruiting a Clinical Psychologist for its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Hunter Valley team, based at the HNE High Street campus in Maitland. The role works with children and young people aged 0-17 years and their families, in a collaborative, multidisciplinary setting focused on recovery outcomes. It is a permanent part-time position of 24 hours per week.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver specialist mental health assessments and develop tailored therapeutic interventions for complex and severe presentations.
• Provide case management, care coordination and service navigation, working with families and carers to strengthen individual and family capacity.
• Work alongside experienced clinicians using a collaborative model of care, including dual-clinician practice, family-based therapy and shared clinical decision-making.
• Take part in multidisciplinary reviews with Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Dietetics.
• Contribute to student supervision and support for early-career psychologists.

Required profile

• Australian Psychology Accreditation Council accredited postgraduate clinical psychology qualification of at least two years full-time duration, shown on the Psychology Board of Australia website.
• Demonstrated experience working therapeutically with children and adolescents, engaging parents and carers in individual and dyadic interventions.
• Experience in collaborative clinical practice, family-centred care, co-clinician approaches or family therapy highly regarded.
• Extensive experience assessing, intervening and evaluating clinical outcomes with diverse populations.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and willingness to provide clinical supervision.
• Australian citizenship, permanent residency, New Zealand citizenship with a current passport, or an appropriate visa; no visa sponsorship available.

What we offer

• Pay of $59.59-$72.63 per hour plus 12% superannuation and salary packaging.
• Collaborative team environment and ongoing professional development.
• Career progression opportunities within NSW Health.
• Annual leave, paid parental leave and fitness passport with employee assistance program.
• Free on-site parking and opportunities to work across the Hunter Valley region.