Senior Mental Health Psychologist - Banksia and Acacia Units

Employment Type: Part Time (29.4 hours per week), Temporary 6 months with possibility of extension
Classification: Psychologist Level 3 (PN LP8685)
Salary: $123,014 - $125,809 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: North Canberra Hospital, Bruce ACT
Section: Banksia and Acacia Units
Closing Date: 09 August 2026

What can we offer you:

- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 12.5% Superannuation.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.

About the Role:

- We are seeking a skilled and motivated Psychologist (P3) to join the Allied Health team within Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMHS). This role provides psychological services across the Acacia and Banksia Units, as well as other inpatient teams within the service.
- Working under the limited direction of the Allied Health Manager and Allied Health Clinical Lead, you will exercise independent professional judgement to provide assessment and evidence-based interventions for people experiencing complex and serious mental health conditions. The role involves conducting comprehensive clinical assessments and delivering both individual and group-based therapeutic interventions within a recovery-focused framework.
- As a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to collaborative care planning, support consumers to achieve their recovery goals, participate in clinical supervision and professional development,



and contribute to quality improvement initiatives across the service.
- To be successful in this role, you will be a skilled psychologist with experience working with people experiencing complex mental health conditions. You will demonstrate strong assessment and intervention skills, sound clinical judgement, and a commitment to recovery-oriented practice. Your ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, will enable you to build effective therapeutic relationships and contribute positively to consumer outcomes. A commitment to ongoing career development, clinical supervision, and continuous improvement will also be highly regarded.
- This role offers the chance to work with a diverse inpatient mental health population while being part of a dedicated and experienced multidisciplinary team. You will be supported to further develop your clinical expertise through supervision, professional development, and opportunities to contribute to service improvement and innovative models of care.
- An excellent opportunity for an experienced psychologist who is passionate about delivering high-quality mental health care and working as part of a supportive, consumer-centred inpatient team.

Note:



Appointment to the position may be made based on written application only.

A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will remain valid for 12 months. This pool may be used to fill similar roles/ future vacant positions at the same level across CHS.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Emily Peelgrane at ***************@act.gov.au

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📌 Senior Mental Health Psychologist - Banksia and Acacia Units (Canberra)
🏢 Act Health
📍 Canberra