Clinical Psychologist - Community Palliative Care

🌿 Deliver compassionate end-of-life psychological care
🤝 Support families through grief and complex bereavement
🧠 Lead evidence-based therapy in a multidisciplinary team

Provide specialist palliative care psychology. Support, guide and strengthen patients and families through complex end-of-life and bereavement care.

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (Up to 25/02/2027)
Position Classification: Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration: $57.30 - $69.84 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24
Location:  Paramatta, Blacktown, Auburn, The Hills and Mount Druitt Community Health Centres

Where you'll be working
Join a compassionate, patient-focused team delivering Community Palliative Care across Paramatta, Blacktown, Auburn, The Hills, and Mount Druitt. You’ll work closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide holistic care to patients and their families.

·       Be part of a collaborative, supportive multidisciplinary team

·       Engage with diverse communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

·       Participate in ongoing professional development and supervision opportunities

·       Contribute to quality improvement and clinical research projects

·       Deliver education and training to staff, trainees, and carers

What you'll be doing 
In this specialist role, you will provide comprehensive psychological assessment and intervention to patients approaching end of life, as well as their families and carers. You will exercise independent clinical judgement while ensuring care is evidence-based, culturally responsive and ethically grounded.

·       Deliver assessment, formulation, diagnosis and evidence-based interventions

·       Provide individual, joint and group counselling, including bereavement support

·       Consult with and contribute to multidisciplinary case conferences and care planning

·       Support families and carers experiencing complex psychosocial needs

·       Provide clinical supervision, education and contribute to quality improvement initiatives

This role will suit a compassionate and resilient Clinical Psychologist with experience in health, oncology, palliative care or grief and bereavement, who is confident working autonomously while remaining deeply connected to team-based care.

How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

·       Qualification: Completion of an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council accredited postgraduate clinical psychology masters or doctorate   

·       Registration: Current general registration as a psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency 

Selection Criteria: 

1.     Master's degree or higher in Clinical Psychology and registered as a Psychologist with general registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with an Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology.

2.     Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team to accomplish service goals and improved patient and/or consumer care and outcomes.

3.     Demonstrated skills in working with patients and carers providing assessment, management planning and delivery of psychological services.

4.     Demonstrated experience in mental health including experience in cognitive-behavioural therapy and other relevant therapeutic techniques (which may include group therapy, ACT, mindfulness techniques, family therapy, and interventions for complex grief, among others).

5.     Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt communication style to suit the target audience including the ability to communicate in a sensitive and professional manner with patients and staff.

6.     6.Computer literacy, and adequate quality improvement / research skills.

7.     NSW Class C drivers license and willingness to use for work purposes.

Requisition ID: REQ634119
Applications Close: 12th March 2026

Interviews will be conducted within two weeks after the campaign closing date.

Need more information?

·       Find out more about applying for this position.

·       Review the detailed Position Description insights into role requirements and criteria.

·       Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.

·       For inquiries about the role, contact John Nguyen on 0427 504 616.