Clinical Health Psychologist - Pain Rehabilitation Service

Job no:
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – MODBURY SA 5092
- Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
- Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
- Temporary Part-Time – 15 hours per week, up to 7 May 2027

About the Role:

Chronic pain changes lives. As a Clinical Health Psychologist within the Pain Rehabilitation Service at Modbury Hospital, you will be part of an interdisciplinary team dedicated to helping people across Adelaide's northern communities rebuild function, confidence, and quality of life. This is a part time, fixed-term contract role through to 7 May 2027.

Your Role in the Pain Rehabilitation Service

Embedded within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), you will deliver evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention to patients living with persistent pain. Working collaboratively with physiotherapists, medical officers, and allied health colleagues, your contribution spans:

- Conducting comprehensive psychological assessments to inform interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation planning
- Delivering individual and group-based interventions grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT, and pain neuroscience education
- Contributing to care planning, case conferences, and shared decision-making across the multidisciplinary team
- Supporting service development, clinical documentation, and outcomes monitoring in line with SA Health standards

What You Bring

- Full registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA, with endorsement in Clinical Psychology or active pursuit of same
- Demonstrated experience delivering psychological interventions within a health or rehabilitation setting
- Solid grounding in evidence-based approaches for persistent pain,



including ACT or CBT frameworks
- Ability to work effectively within a team-based, interdisciplinary model of care
- Strong written and verbal communication skills suited to clinical documentation and consumer-facing work
- Understanding of, or willingness to develop knowledge in, the SA Health credentialing and governance environment

To be eligible for this position, you must have:

- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the PsyBA and general registration with PsyBA
- Must hold an appropriate Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology or equivalent qualification as recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA)
- Must be endorsed in area of practice
- Must hold general registration with the PsyBA
- To provide supervision - must hold approved supervisor status with the PsyBA at all levels of supervision (primary and secondary).

About You:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

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.





NALHNserves over400,000 peoplein 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.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

"My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care."

"I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service."

"I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support."

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

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📌 Clinical Health Psychologist - Pain Rehabilitation Service (Adelaide)
🏢 Sa Health
📍 Adelaide