Closes: 20 November 2026

Classification: Health Professional Level 3/Psychologist Level P3
Salary: $111,639 - $133,492 plus superannuation
Position No: 50779 - 02SHS
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 13 November 2026
Contact Officer: Jordan Brown on [email protected] or (02) 5124 6530

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.
- 12.5% Superannuation.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.

About the Role:

Join the Adolescent In-Home Treatment Team (AIHTT) within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), a specialist service within Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS). AIHTT provides intensive, short-term community-based mental health support to young people following discharge from emergency, medical and inpatient mental health settings. Working alongside young people, families, carers and community partners, you will play a vital role in promoting recovery, strengthening engagement with ongoing supports, and reducing the need for hospital re-presentation during critical periods of transition.

As a member of the team, you will deliver comprehensive mental health assessments, risk assessments and therapeutic interventions for young people experiencing complex and acute mental health concerns. You will provide assertive community follow-up, coordinate care across services, contribute to safety and recovery planning, maintain high-quality clinical documentation, and support positive outcomes for consumers and their families. The role also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives, supervision, and the professional development of junior staff and students.





We are seeking a motivated and adaptable clinician with robust clinical judgement, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to recovery-oriented practice. You will thrive in a multidisciplinary environment, build effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, and remain calm and organised when managing competing priorities. Flexibility is essential, as you will be required to work across CAMHS program areas in response to service needs and participate in a five-day rotating roster. This is a full time HP3 position available on a 10-month contract within CAMHS.

Please note:

- An Order of Merit may be used to fill future identical full-time contract vacancies over a 12-month period.

- Appointment to the position may be based on written application and referee reports only.

- This position is a full-time HP3 role offered on a 10-month contract.

- Be available to work within all program areas of CAMHS as service needs arise.

- Be available to work within a five-day rotating roster.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

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

- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- 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.

Note:



This is a full-time temporary position available for 10 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

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

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

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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This is a full-time temporary position available for 10 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services

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