Job Description

Senior Psychologist

• Permanent Part Time (0.8EFT) | Grade 3 - $108729.60- $123916 (pro-rata) + super + salary packaging
• Location: Metropolitan Remand Centre, 134-154 Middle Road, Truganina

About Forensicare

Forensicare provides specialist mental health and wellbeing services in 13 of Victoria’s 15 prisons. Based at the Metropolitan Remand Centre (MRC), our multidisciplinary team provides outpatient secondary mental health services to prisoners experiencing mental ill-health, as well as initial reception mental health assessments for people coming into custody.

About the Role

As a Senior Psychologist (Grade 3), you will provide advanced psychological assessment, intervention and consultation within a forensic mental health setting. Working in a multidisciplinary team, you'll support complex consumers, manage clinical risk, and contribute to supervision and service excellence.

What you will do

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Provide expert consultation on complex and high-risk cases.
• Prepare high-quality clinical and court reports.
• Support treatment planning and risk management.
• Supervise and mentor psychology staff and students.

About You:

You are an experienced psychologist with strong clinical, assessment and report-writing skills. You thrive in complex environments, work collaboratively, and are committed to evidence-based practice and positive consumer outcomes.

What you need:

• General registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Master's or Doctoral qualification in Clinical, Neuropsychology and/or Forensic Psychology.
• Area of Practice Endorsement (or eligibility) in Clinical, Neuropsychology and or Forensic Psychology.
• Experience working with complex mental health presentations.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and report-writing skills.

Benefits

• A mental health and wellbeing program provided
• Professional Development training opportunities to suit your career goal
• Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
• Fitness passport – discounted unparalleled access to a wide range of gyms, pools and fitness centres
• Refer a friend program, get up to a $1000
• Salary sacrificing of $9,010 and $2650 meal allowance per annum
• Comprehensive Orientation Day before you start, and buddy system available

Ready to Apply

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For more information on Careers at Forensicare, visit https://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/careers

Eligibility Requirements

• This position is subject to a Police Check.
• COVID19 & Influenza Vaccination Evidence

Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of curiosity, purpose, strong ethics, compassion and fairness; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.