Southern Queensland Rural Health
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About This Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Psychologist to join us at Southern Queensland Rural Health (SQRH) as a Clinical Educator to make a real and positive difference to the education of our students and the future of regional healthcare in Queensland.

As the Clinical Educator in Psychology, you will support effective, high quality, rural training experiences for psychology students on placement in the SQRH Health and Wellness Clinic (HaWC). You will be responsible for the clinical education, direct supervision and facilitation of interprofessional learning opportunities of students, as well as collaboration with healthcare providers, supervisors and a broad range of stakeholders to build student placement capacity and quality.

This is a clinical academic role which offers a psychologist a unique and rewarding opportunity to develop their clinical teaching and clinical research and a chance to participate in service and engagement activities within the university and wider professional community.

This is a part-time, fixed-term position through to 31 December 2024. The part-time equivalent is 0.4 FTE / 2 days a week, with the clinic operating on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

At Academic Level B, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $104,579- $124,187, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $122,358 - $145,299 annually.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, 17% superannuation contributions and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

About You

Possession of a tertiary degree in Psychology and broad clinical experience as a Psychologist, with at least 3 years of recent practice experience.
Demonstrated experience and expertise in clinical education of psychology students.
Sound knowledge of interprofessional education, collaboration and practice or the willingness and ability to rapidly acquire, utilise and disseminate such knowledge.
Demonstrated high level of interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, with the ability to negotiate and work consultatively.
Demonstrated ability to work independently with high levels of initiative and autonomy, with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
Demonstrate a commitment to research activities and a willingness to participate in rural health research.
An ability to establish relationships and to represent and promote academic discipline at a university and wider community level, including industry, government and professional bodies.
Willingness to travel, where required.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.
AHPRA registration: It is a requirement of this position that the incumbent holds and maintains (or demonstrates eligibility to do so) full AHPRA registration as a Psychologist.
Psychology Board of Australia registration and accreditation: It is a requirement of this position that the incumbent holds and maintains full registration as a Psychologist and accreditation as a Board Approved Supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia. You must have approval to supervise post-graduate psychology students (ideally with practice endorsement in clinical and/or health psychology).

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Nicola Cotter (Deputy Director, Darling Downs, Southern Queensland Rural Health) via email at n.cotter@uq.edu.au. For application queries, please contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply?

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

Resume
Cover letter
Responses to the ‘About You’ section

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form.

Applications will be reviewed as received. Candidates may be interviewed prior to the job closing date. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible. The University of Queensland reserves the right to close this application process early.

Other Information

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au

Applications close Tuesday 11 July 2023 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number R-25734).

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