About Northern Health:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be!

The Role:

Grade 2 Mental Health Psychologist – Specialist Older Adults Consultation Service

Part Time 12 months Fixed Term -Leave Cover commencing 1st August 2024

Northern Health is a great place to continue your journey in older adult mental health. We are seeking Grade 2 Psychologists to join our new Specialist Older Adults Consultation Service. If you are excited by the opportunity to work in a new service and use your aged mental health experience and skills to optimise the health and wellbeing of the older adult consumers in the north, now is the time to join our service.

As a Grade 2 Psychologist/Key Clinician, you will provide assessment, treatment, co-ordination of care and discharge planning for older persons with mental health issues, frailty and/or co morbidities, who reside in their own homes (including RACFs) in the Northern region of Melbourne. You will be supported in your career development through professional development and leadership opportunities. Join us as we build a better future together.

About SOACS:

The Specialist Older Adults Consultation Service commenced on 1 July 2023. The Specialist Older Adults Consultation Service is a multidisciplinary specialist team that will provide assessment, treatment and episodic rapid response for older adult consumers with a mental health diagnosis and frailty/complex comorbidities. The service will provide place-based care at the level and timeliness of service appropriate to the acuity of the consumer's health condition. Within the service, there will be a team providing services to consumers residing in Residential Aged Care facilities.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia with Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology or Neuropsychology (or preparedness to achieve endorsement)
• Experience working in adults/older adults mental health.
• Ability to work with consumers, family and carers from a range of cultural backgrounds, and to provide gender sensitive services.
• An enthusiasm and commitment to work within developing older adult and service

Next Steps

If you are ready to explore how we can help you take the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description or contact: Lynette Stephens, Manager -Specialised older Adult consultation service (SOACS) Via lynette.stephens@nh.org.au or 0418596742.

Applications close 25th September 2024.
Why work at the Northern Health?


We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive’ program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.