Psychologist - Eating Disorders Service | Part-time Permanent

Australian Capital Territory; Canberra; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

Flexible working conditions

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Canberra Health Services is seeking a dynamic Psychologist to join the Eating Disorders Program, providing assessment and evidence-based therapy to children, adolescents and adults within a recovery-focused, multidisciplinary team. The role includes supervision of junior clinicians, involvement in professional development, and flexibility to work across CAMHS program areas.

This is a part-time position at 14.7 hours per week, with pro-rata salary and potential to move to full-time for a

Qualifications

• Experience treating eating disorders across ages from children to adults.
• Competent in comprehensive assessments and evidence-based therapies.
• Recovery-oriented, multidisciplinary team involvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive assessments and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Collaborate with other health professionals to plan care.
• Provide supervision and support to junior staff and students.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Assessment

Therapy

Multidisciplinary collab

Education

Registration with AHPRA

Job description

• 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
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.

About the Role:

Join a specialist multidisciplinary team dedicated to supporting children, adolescents and adults on their recovery journey from eating disorders. The Eating Disorders Program (EDP) is a tertiary outpatient service providing comprehensive assessment and evidence-based treatment for individuals whose primary presenting issue is an eating disorder.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Psychologist to join our team as an Eating Disorder Therapist. In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments and deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents and adults, including both individual and family-based treatment. Working within a recovery-oriented framework, you will collaborate closely with a range of mental health professionals to provide high-quality, person-centred care.

The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting and developing the workforce through the provision of clinical support and supervision to Health Professional Level 1 clinicians, Allied Health Assistants and students. You will actively contribute to professional development activities, clinical supervision, quality improvement initiatives and multidisciplinary team processes that strengthen service delivery and client outcomes.

This position offers the opportunity to work across a specialised and highly regarded service while also contributing to the broader Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) program. The role may include occasional support to the Eating Disorders Clinical Hub (EDCH) and requires flexibility to work across all CAMHS program areas in response to service needs.

If you are passionate about eating disorder treatment, committed to recovery-focused practice and enjoy working in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment, we encourage you to apply.

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

• 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 part time permanent position at (14.7) hours per week andthe full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata. The position includes the offer to increase to full-time hours for a temporary 12-month period, with possibility of extension and/or permanency.

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

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 .

Note

This position is part-time at (14.7) hours per week andthe full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata. The position includes the offer to increase to full-time hours for a temporary 12-month period, with possibility of extension and/or permanency.