Do you thrive on meaningful clinical work while supporting others to grow? As Assistant Director Psychology with Darling Downs Health, you'll deliver advanced clinical services within the Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Division, guide a dedicated team in the Rehabilitation and Recovery Service, and work closely with the Director of Psychology to strengthen professional practice across the region. You'll be part of a service that values compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage—where your expertise genuinely shapes better outcomes for consumers and colleagues.
What your day will look like….
You'll move between focused clinical work, team support and collaborative problem‑solving. Your time may be spent providing advanced psychological assessment and intervention, offering supervision and guidance to developing practitioners, and contributing to service planning with leaders across MHAOD. You'll engage with stakeholders, help refine clinical practices and policies, and play a steady role in strengthening the Rehabilitation and Recovery Service. Throughout it all, you'll bring empathy, clear communication and professional curiosity to every interaction.
Let's talk about you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
* Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
* Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
* Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
* Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
* Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 7,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits
* Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
* A diverse work culture
* Career development
* Professional development opportunities
* Education opportunities, Study and Research
* Paid parental leave
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Discounted Private Health Insurance
* Fitness Passport
* Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
* Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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