Clinical/health Psychologist

Merri Health – Clinical Psychologist or Health Psychologist (Grade 2); Chronic Pain Service
• Up to 0.4 EFT; Fixed Term, Part Time position until 31 January 2023 (Parental Leave Cover Position)
• Flexible working arrangements considered
• Site: Bell Street, Coburg, other Merri Health Sites as required

You will be responsible for:

The Chronic Pain Service is an exciting project funded via the NWM-PHN. It is an innovative multidisciplinary service provided within a Community Health setting. You will be working as part of this leading-edge multidisciplinary team to provide direct, comprehensive, high quality and evidence based psychological services to clients who are referred to the Chronic Pain Service.
As the Grade 2 Clinical Psychologist or Health Psychologist in the Chronic Pain Service at Merri Health, you will be responsible for:
• Providing high quality, evidence based psychological services for clients who are experiencing chronic pain on both an individual and group basis
• Independently undertaking comprehensive psychological assessments and delivering targeted, time limited, evidence-based psychological interventions to clients in the Chronic Pain Service.
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to complete goal directed and comprehensive care planning and case conferencing to ensure effective management of client’s needs.
• Actively participating in up-skilling and sharing your knowledge and expertise regarding chronic pain management with the staff at Merri Health and other stakeholders.

To succeed in the role you will have:

To be successful with Merri you will go above and beyond to achieve great results for our clients, the organisation and yourself. We’re looking for individuals with:
• Minimum master’s level degree in Clinical or Health Psychology and current AHPRA registration as a psychologist
• Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology or Health Psychology
• Experience in the provision of evidence based psychological services related to chronic pain management
• Clinical Skills in evidence based psychological assessment and intervention
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team, with an ability to build and maintain effective working relationships

What we offer

This is an opportunity to be involved in an innovative Chronic Pain Service in a community health setting. The Service collaborates with both primary and tertiary services to deliver services along a continuum of care to clients experiencing chronic pain. You will be working with a motivated and experienced multi-disciplinary team, in a community health setting to deliver high quality health care to our community.