MedicalJobsAustralia.com Psychologist - James Nash House-Ashton House

Job no: 948218

Work type: Part time

Located in: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Forensic Mental Health -James Nash House and Ashton House, OAKDEN SA 5086

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

Ongoing Part-Time - 33.75 hours per week

About the Role

Forensic mental health sits at one of the most complex and rewarding intersections in clinical psychology. If you're a registered psychologist ready to apply your skills in a setting where your assessment and therapeutic work directly shapes outcomes for people caught between the justice system and mental health care, this 0.9 FTE ongoing role within NALHN's Forensic Mental Health Service is worth your attention.

What You'll Be Doing

Based across James Nash House and Ashton House in Adelaide's northern metro corridor, you'll provide specialist psychological services to consumers within an inpatient and community forensic mental health context. Your core responsibilities will include:

Conducting comprehensive psychological assessments, including risk and forensic case formulations, to inform treatment and management planning

Delivering evidence-based individual and group therapeutic interventions tailored to a forensic population

Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to develop, review, and implement consumer care plans

Contributing to service development, clinical supervision, and the professional development of the broader allied health team - multidisciplinary team commensurate with an AHP2-AHP3 appointment

What You Bring

Demonstrated experience in psychological assessment and evidence-based intervention, ideally within mental health or justice-related settings

Sound understanding of risk assessment frameworks relevant to complex mental health presentations

Strong capacity to work within and contribute to a multidisciplinary clinical team in a structured, secure environment

Commitment to trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and culturally responsive practice consistent with SA Health's clinical standards For AHP3 consideration: demonstrated leadership capability and experience providing clinical supervision or mentoring allied health staff To be eligible for this position, you must have





Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) and general registration with the PsyBA and be endorsed in Clinical or Forensic area of practice.

Postgraduate qualification in a field relevant to Psychology For AHP3 consideration: Board-approved supervisor status at all levels with the Psychology Board of Australia, and an Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical or Forensic Psychology

About You

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.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in 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, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services-adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services-provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services-including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to adaptable working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Psychologist in NALHN include:

professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targ

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