Psychologist - Team Leader (Advanced)

Queensland Health; Beaudesert; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave entitlements

Salary packaging

Professional development allowances

Job summary

Queensland Health is seeking a Psychologist - Team Leader (Advanced) to lead a team of psychologists delivering services across Logan & Beaudesert Health Service. You will combine advanced clinical practice with operational leadership, supervise staff and contribute to service development.

Reporting to the Director of Psychology, you will lead recruitment, workforce planning and professional development, influence clinical practice, and promote evidence-based models of care across a fast-growing

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge, skills and experience in contemporary psychology practice relevant to the clinical services provided.
• Ability to provide operational, clinical and strategic leadership to a psychology team.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience providing clinical practice supervision, education and professional development to psychologists and students.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced psychology services across a broad range of clinical areas with a high degree of independence.
• Provide operational and professional leadership to a team of approximately 8.5 FTE psychologists.
• Provide clinical advice, direction and practice supervision to psychologists, students and less experienced staff.
• Lead recruitment, orientation, performance development and workforce planning activities.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Team leadership

Communication skills

Conflict-resolution

Clinical supervision

Job description

Lead Exceptional Psychology Care at Logan & Beaudesert

Take the next step in your psychology career and lead a team delivering high-quality psychology services across Logan & Beaudesert Health Service. Bring your advanced clinical expertise, leadership capability and passion for service development to a role where you can influence clinical practice, support your team and shape the future of psychology services. This is a Permanent Full Time opportunity.

Your new role:

As the Psychologist - Team Leader (Advanced), you will provide professional and operational leadership to a team of psychologists delivering services across Logan & Beaudesert Health Service. Reporting to the Director of Psychology, you will combine advanced clinical practice with team leadership, clinical supervision and strategic service development.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact across psychology services while supporting the growth and development of your team and contributing to innovative, evidence-based models of care. In this role, you will:

• Provide advanced psychology services across a broad range of clinical areas with a high degree of independence
• Provide operational and professional leadership to a team of approximately 8.5 FTE psychologists
• Provide clinical advice, direction and practice supervision to psychologists, students and less experienced staff
• Lead recruitment, orientation, performance development and workforce planning activities

About you:

We are looking for an experienced psychologist who brings advanced clinical expertise, strong leadership capability and a genuine commitment to developing people and improving psychology services.To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Advanced knowledge, skills and experience in contemporary psychology practice relevant to the clinical services provided
• Demonstrated ability to provide operational, clinical and strategic leadership to a psychology team
• Strong communication, interpersonal, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience providing clinical practice supervision, education and professional development to psychologists and students

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What we can offer you:

• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs

About the Logan Hospital:

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.