Senior Clinical Psychologist - Allied Health Lead Maple Leaf House

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Senior Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration:$150,490 - $159,112 Per Annum + Super + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ696909
Location: John Hunter Hospital and Hamilton Campus
Closing Date: Sunday 15 November 2026
Tentative Interview Date: Tuesday 24 November 2026

Lead with compassion, empower young people, and shape the future of inclusive, evidence-based care at Maple Leaf House

About the Team

Maple Leaf House is located in Hamilton East, Newcastle. There is free, accessible parking with easy access via public transport and is close to retail and other services.

Maple Leaf House is one of three specialist service hubs in NSW providing outpatient based holistic care to young people under 25 years who are transgender, gender exploring or experiencing gender dysphoria. We are a service provided through the John Hunter Children’s Hospital and have a dynamic multi-disciplinary team including psychology, psychiatry, social work, speech pathology, dietetics, and specialist nursing and medical staff. The team is supported by a dedicated administrative staff.

The successful applicant will be working in an evolving area of health care with the opportunity to have a significant impact on the lives of young people.

About the Role

The Allied Health Team Lead, Maple Leaf House (Trans and Gender Diverse Service), provides clinical leadership, consultation, guidance and professional supervision to the Allied Health workforce within the service. The role is responsible for the operational management of a small team of highly skilled allied health clinicians, ensuring the delivery of high-quality,



evidence-based care to children, young people and their families/ carers accessing the service.

The Senior Psychologist position maintains a clinical caseload and provides assessment, consultation and, where appropriate, therapeutic intervention for children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria or diversity. Working in partnership with the Service Manager and Clinical Lead as part of a collaborative leadership triad, the role contributes to strategic and operational decision-making, ensuring the service delivers safe, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate and evidence-based care that meets the needs of children, young people and their families/ carers.

The psychology team and psychiatrist also participate in peer supervision, providing further opportunities to discuss assessments, clinical formulation and discipline-specific considerations within the service.

The broader Maple Leaf House team participates in weekly clinical supervision, providing an opportunity to discuss complex cases, reflect on clinical practice and seek additional guidance and support.

On-the-job training will be provided to strengthen clinical assessment skills and develop an understanding of gender diversity, including the complexities that may influence psychological wellbeing.





Relevant external professional development and training is also encouraged and supported and can be applied for through the appropriate approval processes.

About You

We're looking for someone who:

Have a passion for clinical leadership

Can build and maintain professional relationships and manage workload and priorities such as providing clinical interventions, consultation, education, and research.

Have an interest in trans and gender-diverse healthcare.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills will be vital to working in a dynamic setting with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team.

You will be supported professionally by the Service Manager, Maple Leaf House; Service Manager, Paediatric Ambulatory Care; and Director of Allied Health, Manager Disability and Community Child & Youth. You will also be encouraged to access professional supervision in line with AHPRA requirements, with support provided to identify an appropriate supervisor should this be required.

Registered as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia with area of practice endorsement in clinical psychology.

A minimum of 12 months' full-time equivalent experience at Year 5 on the Clinical Psychology salary scale

What we offer

Versatile working arrangements, where this can be accommodated within clinical and service requirements.

A supportive multidisciplinary environment, working alongside psychology, psychiatry, medical, nursing, allied health and administrative colleagues.

Regular clinical and peer supervision, including weekly multidisciplinary clinical supervision and discipline-specific peer discussion between psychology and psychiatry around assessments and clinical formulation.<

📌 Senior Clinical Psychologist (Newcastle)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Newcastle