Overview
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage.
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Our Journey - The Older Adult Mental Health Service
Monash Health's Older Adult Mental Health provide services of assessment and treatment for people over the age of 65 years, who have a psychiatric disability and or dementia with associated behaviours of concern requiring treatment.
The Older Adult Mental Health Service has two main sites, one in Kingston and the other in Endeavour Hills. This position is located in Endeavour Hills.
About You
You are an energetic as well as determined Clinical psychologist who is ready to step into a senior role or are already there. You communicate effectively, both written and verbally. Your ideas to improve service delivery through research and Quality Improvement Activities are always welcomed. As a dedicated psychologist in public health you care about patients and deliver quality psychological services. Your track record includes demonstrated success in the following areas:
- Provide comprehensive psychological assessment and treatment
- Contribute to patient management plans in conjunction with multi-disciplinary teams and external stakeholders
- Involvement with multi-disciplinary teams in mental health services
- Engagement in quality processes of continuous improvement, and research initiatives
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills, you are an active listener and possess well developed negotiation and influencing abilities that will be used in working with patients, and internal and external stakeholders.
What’s in it for you?
Your next role is offering you a blend of important and rewarding responsibilities. Firstly, we look to you to carry out direct therapeutic work with clients. Rather than case management, this is a uniquely specialist psychology specific role which will enable you to support clients providing brief and longer psychological treatment.
- Genuine career opportunity to influence and shape the role of a psychologist within an established and dynamic team.
- Being part of a team that is receptive to new ideas, and whose ongoing practice development enables excellence in patient care and experience.
- Support, mentoring and development from a highly experienced and well regarded leadership team and senior psychologist.
- Satisfaction derived from improving the outcomes and quality of life of consumers.
As an employee of the largest public health service in Victoria, you will also have access to salary packaging, onsite staff car parking and gym and a generous Employee Assistance Program.
What you need
- Hold current general registration as a psychologist and endorsement in Clinical or Forensic Psychology through AHPRA
- Hold supervisor endorsement with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA) for Higher Degree programs and Registrar Supervision (primary and secondary) or working towards same
- Working with Children’s Check and Police Check
- Clinical experience in mental health services
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health onlineEHub system. Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close: 1 October 2025
Contact Details: For a confidential discussion and to explore the prospect further, please call Augusto Cruz on.
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📌 Senior Clinical Psychologist
🏢 Australian Psychological Society
📍 Melbourne