Health Professional or Senior Health Professional - Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
Full-time Permanent

Closes: 18 October 2026

Classification: Health Professional Level 2/Psychologist Level P2/Health Professional Level 3/Psychologist Level P3
Salary: $91,026 - $133,492 plus superannuation
Position No: S4Q
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 October 2026
Contact Officer: Bronwyn Thomson on or

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
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.

About the Role:

The Adult Mental Health Day Service & Rehabilitation Unit (AMHDS & AMHRU) is seeking a Health Professional or Senior Health Professional to join our multidisciplinary team delivering recovery-focused, evidence-based care to people experiencing moderate to severe mental health conditions.

In this role, you will provide clinical assessment and therapeutic interventions across community and inpatient settings, facilitate individual and group programs, and contribute to the delivery of our Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) program, including individual therapy and DBT skills groups. You will work collaboratively with consumers, carers and multidisciplinary team members to support recovery, wellbeing and meaningful participation in daily life.

We are seeking a compassionate and motivated clinician with strong clinical skills, a recovery-oriented approach, and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary workplace. You will demonstrate sound professional judgement, a commitment to continuous improvement, and a passion for delivering high-quality mental health care.





Join a supportive and collaborative team dedicated to improving mental health outcomes and enhancing the lives of consumers. You will have access to professional supervision, mentoring and ongoing development opportunities, with the chance to further build your specialist mental health and DBT expertise. We offer a workplace focused on recovery, innovation and continuous learning, where your contribution is valued and your career development is supported. Flexible working arrangements may also be available where operationally appropriate.

Classification

The successful applicant will be appointed at the appropriate level based on qualifications, skills and experience.

- Level 2: Minimum 12 months' paid, professionally relevant experience.
- Level 3: Minimum three years' post-qualification experience in a relevant clinical setting.

Note: Please indicate which classification you are applying for during the application process.

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.

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

- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.



For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Apply for or renew a WWVP registration - Access Canberra
- 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.

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

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

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.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal .

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📌 Health Professional or Senior Health Professional - Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services | Full-time Permanent (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Capital Territory
📍 Canberra