Psychologist (Eating Disorders)

Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH); Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 35,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital is seeking two part-time fixed-term psychologists to join the Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorders team. The role focuses on delivering evidence-based care to adolescents with restrictive eating disorders in outpatient and inpatient settings, with duties including psychological assessments and coordination with families.

Positions run 30 November 2026 to March 2027 (0.2 FTE, 15.2 hours per fortnight).

Qualifications

• Accredited Master or Doctoral program in clinical or health psychology recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Holding general registration with AHPRA and the Psychology Board of Australia as a Psychologist.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based clinical care to adolescents with restrictive eating disorders in outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Conduct psychological and family assessments and interventions within the Eating Disorders Clinic.
• Maintain clinical documentation and outcomes to support team activity and KPI obligations.

Skills

Clinical psychology Master/Doctoral

AHPRA registered psychologist

Education

Accredited Master/Doctoral in clinical health psychology

Job description

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The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here .

2 part time, fixed term positions available (0.2 FTE from 30thNovember 2026 - March 2027)

Availability to work on Tuesdays is essential requirement of the positions

Challenging and rewarding work environment

Exciting opportunity to join a specialist multidisciplinary team

Parental leave replacement

About the Role:

We have 2 (0.2FTE, 15.2 hours a fortnight) part time fixed term positions available with the Department of Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorders team. The positions are from 30th November 2026 until March 2027 .

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 PK1 – PL3 depending on years of training.

What you’ll achieve:

Grade 2:

Purposefully and expertly engage patients and their families in mental health care, as per the Eating Disorders Service modelWork 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.

Complete mandatory client contacts, outcome measures and report activity levels (statistics) to support team/s meeting KPI obligations.

Manage a complex and varied clinical caseload providing high level of clinical expertise with independent decision makingComplete 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

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.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 Professional Psychology qualification does not meet this criterion).
• Hold general registration with AHPRA and the Psychology Board of Australia as a Psychologist
• Continu