Senior Psychologist - Northern Community Mental Health

SA Health
Job reference: 946536
Location: 5108 - SALISBURY
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Community Mental Health – SALISBURY SA 5109
• Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3 

• Temporary Part-Time – 22.5 hours per week, up to 2 January 2027

About the Role:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Psychologist to join our Northern Community Mental Health team on a part-time basis.

In this role you will be part of a multidisciplinary team and be responsible for providing psychology assessment and evidence-based treatment services to adults.

As a Senior Psychologist, you will be a clinical leader and be in a position to provide consultation within the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the development of service aims and objectives in collaboration with other team members. You may also provide supervision and contribute to research and evaluation of psychological practice.

Supervision (for the use of diverse assessments and therapies, for example) would be available to you on an ongoing basis.

To be eligible for this position, you must 

• Hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the PsyBA
• Hold general registration with the PsyBA and an area of practice endorsement relevant to the position.
• Hold approved supervisor status with the PsyBA at all levels of supervision (primary and secondary).

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide. 

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, and geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements and a large range of opportunities for movement, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

• Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025
• Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.
• Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
• Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their skills and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Senior Psychologist in NALHN include:

• professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
• opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
• regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s):

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) 

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 946536

Enquiries:

Natalija Vujinovic

Principal Psychologist

Phone: (08) 7485 4300

E-mail: ***************@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

21 August 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 946536 - Senior Clinical Psychologist - AHP3 -Mental Health - Role Description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.

Applications close: 21/08/2026 11:55 PM

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.