Psychologist Recovery Station

JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Established Caseload with Extensive Administrative Support
  • Flexible Hours and Freedom to Control Your Diary Booking
  • Rewarding Role Within a Passionate Multidisciplinary Team
  • RDO + Bonus + Laptop + Travel & Phone Allowance

Our “Why”

Recovery Station exists to empower individuals to live a quality life. We believe in fostering collaboration, utilising evidence based practise and maximising the potential of everyone within our team.   

Joining Recovery Station means aligning with a company that believes in empowering you and your future. 

Key traits of Recovery Station:  

  • We love what we do because every role in RS contributes to making a positive difference in the lives of others
  • Collaborating with passionate, likeminded colleagues facilitates personal and professional growth
  • Keeping personalised care at the heart of what we do ensures we treat everyone as an individual and challenges us to seek new and innovative ways to deliver the best possible service

How We Work

For over 15 years, Recovery Station has been providing community and clinic based allied health services, with a strong focus on disability and senior health.  We have consistently grown and now proudly offer support to people with diverse needs across the Greater Hunter, Central Coast, Sydney and Illawarra regions.

Together, our passionate, multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Mental Health OT’s, MH Social Workers, Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Dietitians and Allied Health Assistants collaboratively share their knowledge and experience to holistically design an individualised service to help improve the quality of life for people living with a disability or looking to age as independently as possible.  

The Role

Working in unison with our Mental Health Occupational Therapists and Mental Health Social Workers, we are looking for a passionate Psychologist to join our team and broaden the array of clinical services we can provide to our clients.   

This role can be constructed in either a part-time or full-time capacity as we will be accommodating for the right candidate. Within this position you will enjoy autonomy and variety as you can work in the office and from home + aged care facilities, client’s homes and group homes. 

Day to day, you will be supporting people with a disability and the aged as you service a specific geographic area (tailored depending where you live). Most often you will be assisting clients funded under the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and community aged care packages.  

This role will provide trauma informed, person-centred, evidence-based interventions and support for people in our community experiencing moderate to severe mental health presentations including: acute and chronic psychotic disorders; schizophrenia; bipolar; generalised anxiety; depression; PTSD; alcohol and drug use disorders; mixed anxiety and depression; dissociative (conversion) disorder; sleep problems and OCD. 

Essential Criteria

  • Tertiary qualifications in Psychology
  • Full registration with AHPRA
  • Current and cleared WWCC and NDISWC
  • Eligible for, or currently have a Medicare Provider Number
  • Ongoing commitment to CPD and supervision activities in line with AHPRA registration requirements
  • Demonstrated experience providing evidence-based therapies supporting the well-being of clients presenting complex disorders with moderate to severe mental health presentations
  • Current Australian driver’s licence and access to your own vehicle

Why Recovery Station

To maintain a happy, healthy, productive culture we like to listen to you and understands what drives you in your career. 
Thus far we’ve learned that our team truly benefits from: 

  • Flexibility to schedule work around family, other employment or personal commitments (no weekend work)
  • A culture of care, compassion and service to the community
  • Remuneration packages that reflect your experience plus the option of performance bonuses + RDO incentives 
  • Freedom to work how best suits you eg writing reports from home or in the office with colleagues
  • Discretion to utilise telehealth where appropriate (Laptop provided + paid phone/data allowance) 
  • Office support to assist with admin and diary scheduling
  • Free, convenient parking so it’s easy to come into the office 
  • Dedicated wellness program including EAP and social catch ups such as team drinks, lunches, online cooking + art classes, trivia and birthday events to have fun and celebrate success
  • Annual paid day off for “Recovery Station Day”

From a professional development perspective: 

  • Leadership role with mentoring junior staff, growing the discipline and increased caseload complexity
  • A program of extensive training with individualised CPD plans towards your goals and interest areas for clinical specialisation
  • All-company training day where we bring the entire business together and invite external presenters for each discipline (we booked McDonald Jones Stadium last time) 
  • A well-developed clinical supervisory and peer review structure
  • Case liaison with other members of our MDT to broaden your clinical knowledge and provide holistic care to our clients
  • A clinically diverse caseload to ensure variety and learning opportunities
  • Mental health debrief sessions with your team to discuss clients, celebrate wins and share your ideas and feelings
     

The Next Steps
If any or all of the above resonates with you then we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV via Seek or reach out to Lisa on 0413 156 111 or [email protected] if you have any questions. 

JOB SUMMARY

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Recovery Station

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