Psychology Clinic Director

Charles Sturt University; Bathurst; On-site; AUD 148,000 - 168,000; Part time

Job summary

Charles Sturt University in Bathurst is seeking a Clinic Director to lead the Psychology Clinic, ensuring delivery of high-quality services and supporting the education of future psychologists.

You will collaborate with academic staff, students, industry partners and community stakeholders to shape clinical training, strengthen partnerships and drive service innovation, while upholding governance, ethics and client care.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor status.
• Extensive experience delivering evidence-based psychological services in clinical/health settings.
• Proven leadership capability managing or developing clinical services or multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication across universities, industry, government and community.
• Commitment to excellence in clinical governance, student development, quality improvement, and culturally responsive practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and professional oversight of the Charles Sturt Psychology Clinic.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality psychological services while supporting education and development of future psychologists.
• Shape clinical training, strengthen community partnerships, drive service innovation, and uphold governance and ethics.
• Collaborate with academic staff, students, industry partners and community stakeholders to advance community mental health outcomes and the university's vision.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based practice

Stakeholder engagement

Governance & quality

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Registration as a Clinical Psychologist (ABOA approved)

Job description

• Lead a psychology clinic shaping the next generation of psychologists
• Deliver meaningful community impact through accessible mental health services
  
• Join a collaborative team shaping the future of Psychology education

The role

• Remuneration package in the range of $147,808 - $168,274 pa (including allowance and 17% superannuation)
• Bathurst

• Lead a psychology clinic shaping the next generation of psychologists
• Deliver meaningful community impact through accessible mental health services
  
• Join a collaborative team shaping the future of Psychology education

The role

• Part Time (0.8 FTE), Fixed Term (until June 2027)
• Remuneration package in the range of $147,808 - $168,274 pa (including allowance and 17% superannuation)
• Bathurst

As the Clinic Director, you will provide strategic leadership and professional oversight of the Charles Sturt Psychology Clinic, ensuring the delivery of high-quality psychological services while supporting the education and development of future psychologists. This is a unique opportunity to shape clinical training, strengthen community partnerships, drive service innovation, and ensure the highest standards of governance, ethics and client care. Working closely with academic staff, students, industry partners and community stakeholders, you will play a pivotal role in advancing both community mental health outcomes and the University's strategic vision.

About you

• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor status
• Extensive experience delivering evidence-based psychological services, ideally within a clinical or health setting
• Proven leadership capability, with experience managing, coordinating or developing clinical services, training programs or multidisciplinary teams
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to build productive partnerships across universities, industry, government and community sectors
• A commitment to excellence in clinical governance, student development, quality improvement, innovation and culturally responsive practice

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University - our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities - to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about the School of Psychology here.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits.

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Disclosure Requirement

Applicants may be required to disclose information relating to gender-based violence allegations or findings as part of the University's recruitment and screening processes.

Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Associate Professor Robyn Brunton | Head, School of Psychology | *******@csu.edu.au

Closing Date: 11pm, 29 November 2026