Advanced Research Coordinator - Psychology

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 123,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Fitness Passport

Public transport access for staff

Employee Assistance Program

Relocation assistance

Job summary

SA Health, through the Women’s and Children’s Health Network CAMHS, is seeking a Research Coordinator to lead complex research programs informing evidence-based care for children and families in South Australia.

The role combines planning, governance and reporting with clinical involvement, supervision, and stakeholder engagement across state-wide services. You will operate in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment in Adelaide.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Psychology or equivalent and registration with PsyBA.
• Endorsed area of practice in Clinical Psychology.
• Experience applying trauma-informed principles in mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor outcome measures for CAMHS programs in collaboration with consumers, carers and clinicians.
• Coordinate governance, budgets and reporting including evidence-based reports and literature reviews.
• Advise committees and planning bodies within SA Health/WCHN portfolios as required.
• Lead information systems development to integrate outcomes measurement with local practice.
• Maintain a clinical caseload and provide clinical consultation consistent with management and research duties.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Multi-disciplinary leadership

Research analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Budget reporting

Education

Master's Degree in Psychology or equivalent + PsyBA registration

Endorsed area of practice in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), North Adelaide, 5006

Salary - AHP4 - Allied Health Professional L4, $123,048 to $133,957+ 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits. Full Time - Permanent Ongoing

About WCHN

Join the Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), South Australia's leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We're shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women's and Children's Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility.

About the role

The Research Coordinator, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is responsible for initiating, planning and managing complex research programs, projects and services that inform and support the development, evaluation and promulgation of evidence-based care for mental health distress for infants, children, young people and their families in South Australia.

Key duties of the role

• Develop, implement and monitor outcome measures for CAMHS programs and services in collaboration with consumers, carers and clinicians across South Australia.
• Coordinate research governance, budgets and reporting, including evidence-based reports, literature reviews and needs analyses.
• Provide professional advice to relevant committees and planning bodies within SA Health/WCHN portfolios, the public sector, and State and National forums as required.
• Lead the planning, development and promotion of information systems that support agencies to integrate outcomes measurement with local practice and to monitor effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and continuous improvement.
• Maintain a clinical caseload and provide clinical consultation and/or service commensurate with management and research responsibilities.

Skills and Experience

• Appropriate degree in Master's Degree in Psychology or equivalent qualification recognised by the PsyBA and general registration with PsyBA and an endorsed area of practice in Clinical.
• Hold approved supervisor status with the PsyBA at all levels of supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to work within trauma informed principles, and engage, collaborate and co-work with mental health consumers and carers, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from diverse background.
• Proven experience utilising a range of databases, tools, technologies and processes to undertake qualitative and quantitative research and analysis and deliver meaningful insights within a health services environment.
• Demonstrated experience in leading, managing and guiding multi-disciplinary teams and initiating, planning and delivering complex, concurrent projects that achieve agency objectives, including preparing and reporting on budgets and findings within organisational and grant requirements.

Enquiries can be directed to

Judy O'Sullivan CAMHS Community Operations Manager [phone] Judy.O' [email protected]

Additional Documents

• AHP4 - Advanced Research Coordinator Pschology - Role Description - 951374.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Closing Date

Thursday 15 October 2026 11:55PM