Job description
Agency NT Police Force Work unit Wellbeing Services
Job title Senior Psychologist Designation Senior Professional Officer 1
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $128,551 - $143,611 Location Darwin
Position number 24757 RTF Closing 19/11/2025
Contact officer Stephanie Stotler on or
About the agency
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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.
Primary objective
Provide advanced psychological services and clinical leadership to support the mental health and wellbeing of Northern Territory Police
Force (NTPF) and Northern Territory Fire and Emergency Services (NTFES) personnel, volunteers and their immediate families. This
includes delivering complex clinical assessments and interventions, supervising allied health professionals, and contributing to program
development, training, policy, and strategic initiatives across the agency.
Context statement
Wellbeing Services supports the emotional, psychological and social wellbeing of all NTPF and NTFES personnel and their immediate
family members. Wellbeing Services is a multidisciplinary team incorporating peer supporters, psychologists, social workers, chaplains
and rehabilitation advisors, who together provide a holistic health service within a stepped care model.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Deliver evidence-based psychological services, including clinical assessments, structured interventions, WellChecks, and ongoing
support to NTPFES employees, volunteers, and their families.
2. Provide clinical oversight and advice on complex cases, risk, crisis, and trauma care.
3. Supervise and mentor psychologists, social workers, registrars, and students, ensuring compliance with professional standards and
development of clinical capability.
4. Conduct psychometric assessments and support recruitment and fitness-for-duty evaluations.
5. Respond to critical incidents, including on-scene support, psychological first aid and escalation of high-risk matters.
6. Develop and deliver training, health promotion, and clinical documentation including psychoeducation sessions, reports, assessments,
and professional briefings.
7. Contribute to the development of wellbeing strategies, policies, procedures and clinical governance, ensuring alignment with evidence-
based best practice and organisational objectives.
8. Participate in the on-call roster and provide psychological support across urban, regional and remote NT locations as required.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA) and postgraduate qualifications in clinical psychology.
1. Extensive experience in clinical assessment and evidence-based intervention for complex and high-risk psychological presentations.
2. Demonstrated ability to provide clinical supervision and mentoring to psychologists, social workers, registrars, and students.
3. Strong knowledge of trauma-informed care, psychological risk mitigation, and critical incident response, with experience providing
expert consultation in high-pressure environments.
5. Experience contributing to policy development and clinical governance in a complex organisational setting.
6. Demonstrated ability to deliver training, psychoeducation and mental health promotion initiatives, and to prepare high-quality clinical
documentation and reports.
7. Well-developed interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills, including the ability to work respectfully with First Nations
clients and engage with a diverse workforce.
8. Demonstrated workplace behaviours consistent with the values and expectations of NTPF /NTFES.
Desirable
1. Experience working in or alongside policing, emergency services, or other para-military environments.
Further information
This position attracts a professional development allowance, paid supervision and six weeks of annual recreational leave. Relocation
allowances and flexible work arrangements may be considered. The successful applicant must have no significant criminal history
confirmed by a criminal history and intelligence data check.