Senior Clinical Psychologist ABI

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

Join the Psychology Team at Alfred Care Group - Bayside Health!

Alfred Care Group's Psychology Department mission is to provide excellent, innovative, evidence based, inclusive and collaborative psychological services to improve the health, wellbeing and development of consumers, carers, our staff and broader systems. 

• Senior Clinical Psychologist (Grade 3)
• Permanent Part Time position (48 hrs/fn/0.6 EFT)
• Based at Caulfield Hospital
• Great staff benefits!

About the Role:

Alfred Health's Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Centre provides specialist statewide ABI rehabilitation services for people with moderate to severe acquired brain injuries including traumatic brain injuries, stroke, hypoxic brain injuries and other causes of non-progressive brain injury. The service is comprised of a 36-bed inpatient rehabilitation service, a community rehabilitation service and a 4-bed transitional living service (TLS).

The Senior Psychologist in the ABI rehabilitation service will:

• Undertake clinical work which is diverse, interesting and often complex. Frequent presenting issues include mood and anxiety disorders; grief and adjustment; pre-morbid psychiatric disorders; emotional distress; behavioural change, and relationship issues. 
• Deliver high-quality psychological assessment and intervention services to individuals with ABI and their families.
• Demonstrate a capacity to collaborate effectively within the interdisciplinary clinical team and with patients and their families.
• Provide high level clinical supervision for psychology staff.
• Provide leadership by actively facilitating and contributing to research and quality improvement activities for the
• Psychology Department and ABI Service.

About You:

• You’re an experienced Clinical Psychologist with a passion for the role of psychology in supporting patients following ABI.
• You’re an experienced leader who is energised by supporting and inspiring psychologists in their practice.
• You’re reflective, committed to ongoing learning, and passionate about embedding research in day to day practice.
• You have strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.

Employee Benefits:

Great employment benefits as part of Alfred Care Group – access to wellbeing initiatives, staff gym, salary packaging, novated leasing

For all enquiries, please contact:

• Primary contact:  Dr. Anna Uliando, Deputy Director of Psychology (p: 03 9076 9178 e: A.Uliando@alfred.org.au)
• Secondary contact: Dr Marni Kras, Clinical Neuropsychologist & Acting Team Leader (p: 9076 7423 e:  M.Kras@alfred.org.au)

Applications Close: 11pm AEDT, Tuesday 20th October 2026.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.