Senior Psychologist - Paediatrics

Your new role:

Join the Psychology Department at Logan Hospital and play an important role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychological care to children, young people and their families. You'll work as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team across paediatric health and neurodevelopmental services, with opportunities to:

• Provide psychological assessment, intervention and brief therapy for children and young people experiencing complex health and emotional needs.
• Conduct clinical and psychometric assessments for children with potential neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Work as part of the paediatric and diabetes multidisciplinary teams to support children living with chronic health conditions.
• Provide clinical supervision, education and support to less experienced clinicians and psychology students.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, research and evidence-based clinical practice.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Psychology, Allied Health and the wider multidisciplinary team to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

We're looking for a confident and compassionate psychologist who can bring sound clinical judgement, strong communication skills and a commitment to paediatric care. You'll bring:

• Demonstrated experience providing psychology services to children and families, including presentations of increasing complexity.
• Strong assessment and intervention skills relevant to paediatric, health, developmental and/or clinical psychology.
• The ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and provide high-level clinical advice.
• Strong workload management, prioritisation and clinical documentation skills.
• Experience providing supervision, training or support to less experienced practitioners and students.
• A commitment to evidence-based practice, professional development and continuous service improvement.
• Eligibility for general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA), with relevant postgraduate endorsement and approved supervisor status highly regarded.

Check out our quick tips and application essentials!

• The opportunity to work across a dynamic and growing Psychology Department with a strong focus on paediatric, clinical, health and developmental practice.
• A supportive multidisciplinary environment where your expertise and clinical judgement are valued.
• Opportunities to work at the full scope of your practice while contributing to the development of paediatric psychology services.
• Access to professional development, supervision, education and opportunities to support psychology students and developing clinicians.
• The opportunity to contribute to service improvement and research initiatives that can make a tangible difference to patient care.
• Flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance and the needs of our employees.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.