- 2 x 0.4FTE part time, fixed term positions available
- Exciting opportunity to join a specialist multidisciplinary team
- Challenging and rewarding work environmen

About the Role:

The Department of Adolescent Medicine, Eating Disorders Service has 2 part time, fixed term positions availabe:

- 0.4FTE from 30/11/2026 until 23/01/2028, required work days for this role are Monday & Tuesday
- 0.4FTE from 18/01/2027 until 23/01/2028, required work days for this role are Tuesday and Wednesday

Applicants wanting to cover the entire 0.8FTE are also encourage to apply, noting the different start dates.

You will be responsible for providing excellent evidence- based clinical care to adolescents with restrictive eating disorders – anorexia nervosa, atypical anorexia and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder while providing Psychological and family assessments and interventions within the outpatient and inpatient Eating Disorder Clinic. You are required to maintain clinical documentation and record client contacts and outcomes measure to support the team activity levels while working collaboratively with other clinical disciplines within the team and external services to provide high quality inter-disciplinary care.

Classification for this position will range from Grade 2, Year 1 (PK1) to Grade 3, Year 4 (PL4) - (FTE Base Salary $94,478.80 - $123,905.60 p.a. + super, pro rata for part-time)

What you'll achieve:

Grade 2:

- Purposefully and expertly engage patients and their families in mental health care, as per the Eating Disorders Service model
- Work collaboratively with other clinical disciplines within the team and external services to provide high quality inter-disciplinary care.
- Complete mandatory client contacts,



outcome measures and report activity levels (statistics) to support team/s meeting KPI obligations.
- Maintain clinical documentation, records and data and participate in teaching opportunities internally and externally.
- Support junior clinical staff and psychology interns alongside their primary supervisor in their patient management and clinical reasoning with complex patients.

Grade 3:

- Purposefully and expertly engage patients and their families in mental health care, as per the Eating Disorders Service model
- Work collaboratively with other clinical disciplines within the team and external services to provide high quality inter-disciplinary care.
- Manage a complex and varied clinical caseload providing high level of clinical expertise with independent decision making
- Complete mandatory client contacts, outcome measures and report activity levels (statistics) to support team/s meeting KPI obligations.
- Provide high quality clinical supervision and/or consultation to staff and students, and provide regular, constructive and developmental feedback to team.
- Develop effective time management skills to balance clinical requirements and to contribute to continuous improvement activities.
- Provide professional and operational/administrative support to the Service Lead as required.





Your skills and experience:

Grade 2 applicants:

- Completion of accredited Master or Doctoral program in clinical or health psychology recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia. (Note Master of Skilled Psychology qualification does not meet this criterion).
- Hold general registration with AHPRA and the Psychology Board of Australia as a Psychologist
- Continuously satisfy the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA) continuing professional development standards
- Uphold the PsyBA Code of Ethics
- Be Endorsed, or working towards endorsement with the PBA in a relevant field of practice (Clinical,Health)
- Demonstrated clinical skills and experience in child and/or adolescent mental health.
- Demonstrated experience working in a multidisciplinary care team environment and liaising with external providers in the delivery of treatment.
- Post graduate qualification in a relevant child and adolescent mental health field - Desirable
- Demonstrated experience in evidence based treatment for adolescent restrictive eating disorders e.g. FBT, AFT, CBT etc. - Desirable

Grade 3 applicants

- Completion of accredited Master or Doctoral program in clinical or health psychology recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia. (Note Master of Professional Psychology qualification does not meet this criterion).
- Hold general registration with AHPRA and the Psychology Board of Australia as a Psychologist
- Have at least 5 years of experience post-general registration as a Psychologist
- Hold an endorsement with the PBA in any of the following fields of practice: Clinical, Health
- Hold Board-approved supervisor status, including

📌 Psychologist \ Senior Psychologist (Melbourne)
🏢 Royal Children's Hospital
📍 Melbourne