About the role
Catherine’s House are seeking a motivated and experienced perinatal psychologist in a permanent, part-time capacity for 15 hours per week.
The outpatient Perinatal Mental Health Services includes the Mater Perinatal Psychology Team, Families in Mind, the Together in Mind group program and an outpatient Consultant Psychiatrist Clinic. These combined services support mothers and families during the perinatal and postnatal period and referral reasons may include antenatal/postnatal anxiety, birth trauma, adjustment to parenting, emotional distress and low mood during the perinatal period. The Psychologist will provide clinical care across the perinatal continuum (antenatal, NICU and postnatal in the Mater Parenting Support Centre) and work collaboratively with the broader multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will work with various professionals across Mater Health and requires a well-developed interpersonal, problem solving and customer focused skillset.
Salary range: $43.68 - $60.43 per hour plus 11.5% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!
What you’ll be doing
As a member of the Psychology team, you will provide patient centred, evidence based clinical care to perinatal patients.
The outpatient Perinatal Mental Health Services includes the Mater Perinatal Psychology Team, Families in Mind, the Together in Mind group program and an outpatient Consultant Psychiatrist Clinic. These combined services support mothers and families during the perinatal and postnatal period and referral reasons may include antenatal/postnatal anxiety, birth trauma, adjustment to parenting, emotional distress and low mood during the perinatal period.
Your role will also involve but not limited to:
- Independently undertake routine clinical practice within established clinical protocols to achieve patient focussed outcomes
- Apply increasing clinical judgement to more complex cases under clinical practice supervision.
- Provide delegation, supervision, training and support to less experienced health practitioners, students, and support staff in the delivery of clinical services
- Contribute to the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols within professional and multidisciplinary teams.
- Identify, develop and participate in quality and service improvement activities to continually improve clinical services and patient outcomes
- Actively participate in translating research into practice
- Actively participate in professional and multidisciplinary teams, and liaise with patients, their families/carers and external agencies to facilitate patient centred care
About you
Essential Qualifications
- General registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) / Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and a current annual practising certificate.
Highly Desirable Qualifications
- Postgraduate qualifications in Clinical or Educational & Developmental Psychology.
- Working towards or attained PsyBA approved supervisor.
- Working towards or attained PsyBA area of practice endorsement in Clinical or Educational & Developmental Psychology
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Experience in provision of Psychology services, ideally in a health setting and perinatal mental health.
- Demonstrated clinical practice and application of clinical judgement in the provision of high quality, evidence based, patient centred care
- Effective communication skills and demonstrated ablity to work co-operatively with profession and multi-disciplinary teams, patients and carers to achieve optimal outcomes
- Demonstrated ability or ability to rapidly acquire skills to identify, develop and participate in quality and service improvement activities that improve clinical services and patient outcomes
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.
We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
For more information regarding the role, please contact Veronica Team Leader - Outpatient & Community Veronica.Kwaczynski@mater.org.au
Applications close on 4th of December 2024. Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.
Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.
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