Overview
* Deliver specialised psychology services in a leading brain injury unit.
* Join a highly skilled interdisciplinary rehabilitation team.
* Meaningful role rebuilding the lives of your patients and their families.
Support recovery, manage complex behaviours and build resilience for adults with traumatic brain injury in a specialist inpatient rehabilitation setting.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration: $57.30 - $69.84 per hour + 12% Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 22
Location: Westmead
About The Role
Join the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit at Westmead, a specialist inpatient service dedicated to supporting adults with moderate to extremely severe traumatic brain injuries. Working alongside a highly experienced interdisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in helping patients and families navigate recovery, adjustment and rehabilitation while contributing to innovative, evidence-based care.
* Work within a recognised specialist inpatient brain injury rehabilitation service.
* Collaborate with experienced medical, nursing and allied health professionals.
* Contribute to person-centred rehabilitation focused on meaningful outcomes.
* Access professional development, clinical supervision and peer support.
* Be part of a culture that values innovation, quality improvement and teamwork.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Clinical Psychologist, you will provide specialised psychological assessment and intervention to adults with traumatic brain injuries and their families throughout the rehabilitation journey. You will deliver evidence-based care, support behaviour management and contribute to achieving optimal rehabilitation outcomes within a collaborative team environment.
* Deliver psychological assessment, psychoeducation, counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and behaviour management interventions.
* Develop, implement and evaluate individualised rehabilitation and behaviour support programs.
* Support patients, families and carers to understand and adjust to the psychological and behavioural impacts of brain injury.
* Provide expert consultation and recommendations to the interdisciplinary team to maximise patient participation and recovery.
* Participate in clinical reviews, family meetings, service development activities and quality improvement initiatives.
Essential Criteria
* Qualification: Masters degree or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from an APAC accredited course.
* Registration: Current Registration with Psychology Board of Australia.
Selection Criteria
* Endorsement to practise in the area of Clinical Psychology, or currently undertaking a Psychology Registrar program of board‐approved supervised practice for the purpose of gaining such endorsement.
* Evidence of post‐graduate Clinical Psychology experience in the treatment of adults with traumatic brain injuries, or patients with other diagnoses and challenging behaviours.
* Evidence of ability to work independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
* Evidence of effective written and verbal communication skills.
* Demonstrated use of the principles of evidence‐based practice.
* Evidence of a commitment to continuing professional education and quality management.
Information About the Role
Requisition ID: REQ660685
Applications Close: 23 June 2026
Equal Employment Opportunity
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment you must hold current Australian work rights (i.e., Australian citizen, permanent resident or NZ citizen with a current passport).
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