Employment Type: 1 x Full Time, Permanent & 1 x Full Time, Temporary 6 months with possibility of extension
Classification: Health Professional Level 2, Psychologist Level 2 (PN 29446, 29221)
Note: This role will be filled at either Health Professional Level 2 or Psychologist Level 2 depending on qualifications and experience, in line with the Enterprise Agreement.
HP2 Salary: $91,026 - $108,691 (Plus 12.5% Super)
P2 Salary: $91,026 - $117,896 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: City Community Health Centre, 1 Moore Street, Canberra ACT 2600 / Alexander Maconochie Centre and/or Bimberi Youth Justice Centre
Section: Forensic Mental Health Services
Closing Date: 29 July 2026

What can we offer you:

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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.

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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

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Flexible working conditions

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12.5% Superannuation.

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Access to Employee Assistance Program.

About the Role:

We have two position vacancies (open to Psychologists, Social Workers, or Occupational Therapists) available within community and custodial facets of Forensic Mental Health Services. One vacancy relates to a permanent position within community facets of Forensic Mental Health Services. One vacancy relates to a 6-months temporary position within custodial facets of Forensic Mental Health Services. Appointment to a particular program area will be guided by successful candidates' skill sets and interest areas.

Community facets of Forensic Mental Health Services encompass specialist multidisciplinary tertiary mental health services that aim to provide expert assessment, knowledge, and skills to general mental health services (including community and inpatient services) and other stakeholders (including police, courts, and custodial centres)



regarding treatment and support of people experiencing mental illness/disorder who are at high-risk of offending and/or those already in the criminal justice system.

Custodial facets of Forensic Mental Health Services provide quality mental health assessments and intervention to adults and young people presenting with mental illness who have had contact with the criminal justice system, including community mental health consumers and detainees within the ACT’s two correctional centres: the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre.

As a specialist area, clinicians across Forensic Mental Health Services are provided with specialist training and clinical supervision, and are consistently encouraged to be involved in a collaborative and multidisciplinary team environment. Clinicians are supported to maintain continuing professional development requirements, appropriate to area of service provision, including forensic mental health-specific training, individual and group-based clinical supervision, research groups, and regular in-services.

While prior experience as a mental health clinician in forensic and custodial contexts is highly desirable, successful clinicians will be supported to partake in the necessary education and training required to work within Forensic Mental Health practice contexts on commencement.

Interested applicants are encouraged to reach out to the contact officer for this position to learn more about the opportunities to work within this practice setting.

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 of Community facets click here for the Position Description.

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

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

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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

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Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act2011 is required.

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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

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Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page Pitch responding to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

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 Lauren Hendry on (02) 5124 1*** or at ***************@act.gov.au

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📌 Psychologist,Social Worker,Occupational Therapist - Forensic Mental Health Services (Canberra)
🏢 Act Health
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