Clinical Psychologist - Supportive Care Service - St George Hospital
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- South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
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- REQ575607 Requisition #
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration: $55.10 - $67.16 per hour plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 8
Requisition ID: REQ575607
Applications Close: 5 June 2025
REQ575607 - Clinical Psychologist - Supportive Care Service - St George Hospital
Are you ready for your next career step in Palliative Care?
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, compassionate and motivated clinical psychologist to be permanently appointed to our Supportive Care role. You will have the opportunity to contribute clinical expertise and provide evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention services to patients within the last 12-24 months of life known to the St George Hospital Supportive Care Service. We look forward to welcoming an enthusiastic and effective clinician to enhance our team!
The Role
Position Classification: Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration: $55.10 - $67.16 per hour plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 8
Requisition ID: REQ575607
Applications Close: 5 June 2025
REQ575607 - Clinical Psychologist - Supportive Care Service - St George Hospital
Are you ready for your next career step in Palliative Care?
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, compassionate and motivated clinical psychologist to be permanently appointed to our Supportive Care role. You will have the opportunity to contribute clinical expertise and provide evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention services to patients within the last 12-24 months of life known to the St George Hospital Supportive Care Service. We look forward to welcoming an enthusiastic and effective clinician to enhance our team!
The Role
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The Clinical Psychologist will have responsibility for providing evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention services to people living within SESLHD who have end of life and palliative care needs in the last 12-24 months of life, and are known to the Supportive Care Service (SCS) at St George Hospital (SGH).
Within this role, there will be a requirement to undertake clinical reviews across clinic, community and virtual care settings, either alone or in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team member. This role will also focus on building the capability of inpatient clinicians by supporting them to identify unmet palliative care and end-of-life needs, promoting early referrals to specialist palliative care services, and acting as a conduit for communication between the ward-based clinicians and the palliative care multidisciplinary team (MDT).
In addition to the above, there will be opportunities to lead education and research across the site and to undertake strategic planning activities.
Benefits
The Clinical Psychologist will have responsibility for providing evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention services to people living within SESLHD who have end of life and palliative care needs in the last 12-24 months of life, and are known to the Supportive Care Service (SCS) at St George Hospital (SGH).
Within this role, there will be a requirement to undertake clinical reviews across clinic, community and virtual care settings, either alone or in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team member. This role will also focus on building the capability of inpatient clinicians by supporting them to identify unmet palliative care and end-of-life needs, promoting early referrals to specialist palliative care services, and acting as a conduit for communication between the ward-based clinicians and the palliative care multidisciplinary team (MDT).
In addition to the above, there will be opportunities to lead education and research across the site and to undertake strategic planning activities.
Benefits
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
Selection Criteria
- Full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, with Endorsement in Clinical Psychology (or eligibility to progress to same), along with a minimum two-year full-time equivalent Master or doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology.
- Demonstrated experience in the provision of psychological assessment and intervention with clients experiencing significant illness and/or end of life care.
- Capacity to design and implement short and medium term, individual and group treatment protocols for a range of psychological issues
- Demonstrate high level written and verbal communication skills, organisational skills and time management skills
- Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff
- Demonstrated experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a health setting
- Demonstrated experience in and commitment to quality improvement and research
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions, please contact Elise Klumpes-Grant via email at Elise.KlumpesGrant@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
Information for applicants:
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Workforcee that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website.
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