Verified Job
Healthcare
Inpatient Mental Health Psychologist Full-time Permanent
Healthcare
#36336
Remote / WFH
Canberra Health Services
Job Description
Closes: 10 June 2026
Classification: Psychologist Level 2
Salary: $91,026 - $117,896 plus superannuation
Position No: LP8684 - 02QOR
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 03 June 2026
Contact Officer: Emily Peelgrane on Emily.Peelgrane@act.gov.au
What can we offer you:
City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
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.
Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)
About the Role:
Mental Health, Justice Health and ******* & Drug Services (MHJHADS) provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided range from prevention and treatment to recovery, maintenance and harm minimisation. Consumer and carer participation is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. The Division works in partnership with consumers, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
The Division delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, other community settings including peoples’ homes.
These services include:
Adult Community Mental Health Services
Older Persons Mental Health Services
Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
Alcohol & Drug Services
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
Justice Health Services
The AIMHS is across The Canberra Hospital, the University of Canberra Hospital, and North Canberra Hospital (NCH) sites, and includes services such as Adult Mental Health Unit, Ward 12B Mental Health Unit, Mental Health Short Stay Unit, Mental Health Clinical Liaison TCH and NCH, the Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit, the Adult Mental Health Day Service, Banksia Mental Health Unit (Banksia) and Acacia Mental Health Unit (Acacia).
The successful applicant of the HP2 Psychologist position is responsible for conducting skilled clinical assessment and delivering individual and group based psychological interventions to people.
The successful applicant will be required to undertake professional development and clinical supervision, participate in quality initiatives, and contribute to multidisciplinary team processes. It is an expectation that the successful applicant will provide supervision to staff at the Health Professional 1 level as well as to students and clinically related staff (such as Allied Health Assistants).
The AH team is made up of diverse group of allied health professions that work together to support the recovery goals of consumers admitted to any of the AH Adult Mental Health Inpatient facilities:
Career interest categories:
Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services
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Classification: Psychologist Level 2
Salary: $91,026 - $117,896 plus superannuation
Position No: LP8684 - 02QOR
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 03 June 2026
Contact Officer: Emily Peelgrane on Emily.Peelgrane@act.gov.au
What can we offer you:
City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
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.
Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)
About the Role:
Mental Health, Justice Health and ******* & Drug Services (MHJHADS) provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided range from prevention and treatment to recovery, maintenance and harm minimisation. Consumer and carer participation is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. The Division works in partnership with consumers, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
The Division delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, other community settings including peoples’ homes.
These services include:
Adult Community Mental Health Services
Older Persons Mental Health Services
Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
Alcohol & Drug Services
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
Justice Health Services
The AIMHS is across The Canberra Hospital, the University of Canberra Hospital, and North Canberra Hospital (NCH) sites, and includes services such as Adult Mental Health Unit, Ward 12B Mental Health Unit, Mental Health Short Stay Unit, Mental Health Clinical Liaison TCH and NCH, the Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit, the Adult Mental Health Day Service, Banksia Mental Health Unit (Banksia) and Acacia Mental Health Unit (Acacia).
The successful applicant of the HP2 Psychologist position is responsible for conducting skilled clinical assessment and delivering individual and group based psychological interventions to people.
The successful applicant will be required to undertake professional development and clinical supervision, participate in quality initiatives, and contribute to multidisciplinary team processes. It is an expectation that the successful applicant will provide supervision to staff at the Health Professional 1 level as well as to students and clinically related staff (such as Allied Health Assistants).
The AH team is made up of diverse group of allied health professions that work together to support the recovery goals of consumers admitted to any of the AH Adult Mental Health Inpatient facilities:
Career interest categories:
Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services
Show more
