Service Director (Senior Psychologist)

A Senior Psychologist is sought for a new Service Director role in Newcastle.

This is exciting position offers the opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their skills across a range of activities with a supportive multidisciplinary team.

The role as the Service Director will require the incumbent to:

• Provide strategic clinical leadership, oversee a dedicated team and be directly responsible for the management of clinicians and administration staff
• Provide individual psychological assessment and treatment
• Take responsibility for the clinical direction of the Intensive Pain Program, its evaluation and dissemination of findings to stakeholders
• Management of quality and governance
• Monitor and interpret financial indicators and budgets for the Directors
• Provide high quality evidence based clinical care within the designated scope of practice
• Development and maintenance of appropriate policies
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by monitoring services and practice

The role would be well suited to a professional who is passionate about and experienced in providing leadership in:

• Health care coordination
• Staff and patient engagement
• Group programs and
• Supervising and supporting staff to effectively manage performance and professional development.

This role is perfect for a highly motivated and experienced Psychologist, who seeks to use their excellent management, clinical, group work, and training skills.

About the Employer:

The successful applicant will join a leading private provider of psychology interventions to patients with chronic pain in Australia. They will work with a dynamic, inclusive, caring, and high-performing team within a practice that is committed to evidence-based practice and teamwork.

The provider works through an interdisciplinary model where they collaborate with Occupational Therapists, GPs, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Psychiatrists, and other external stakeholders.

Benefits

• Fantastic flexibility
• $150K plus super
• Travel allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Financial assistance for professional development and associations

Selection Criteria

• AHPRA registered psychologist
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a clinician, be outcome-focused and have experience in managing and supervising others
• Sound clinical skills and delivery of evidence-based best practices
• Strong ethical practices
• Experience in working with comorbidity
• Experience in an area of practice such as chronic pain, chronic disease management, or within a hospital environment with a multidisciplinary team (desirable)
• Good communication and empathy skills
• Have MS Office skills, particularly in Word, Excel and Outlook
• Able to achieve KPIs
• Good inter-personal and liaison / networking skills
• Current NSW driver’s license and transport
• You must also have or be willing to get a Working with Children Check and National Police Check
• Eligible to work permanently in Australia