Psychologist | Clinical Psychologist | Counselling Psychologist
Part-time (including Saturdays) – Canning Vale
- Do you love private practice and want the support and security of an employed role?
- Would working Saturdays suit your current life stage and commitments?
- Do you value great supervision and a comprehensive professional development program?
- Want a workplace that values your wellbeing with awesome administrative and clinical systems to support you doing great work?
About us
Amherst Psychology is home to a down to earth and diverse team of skilled, compassionate psychologists. Whilst we offer a wide range of therapy and assessment services across the lifespan, it’s no secret that we’re passionate about the areas of neurodiversity affirming and trauma responsive care.
Our locations in Mount Pleasant and Canning Vale are beautiful, calm spaces for our team and clients to enjoy. We also offer services nationwide via telehealth. In pursuing our mission of helping people live life fully, we care equally for the wellbeing of our team, our clients, and our business.
We’re currently seeking psychologists to help us expand our Saturday clinic at our Canning Vale location. Opportunities are available for child, adult and couples/family therapists.
About you
- Experience providing psychological therapy, ideally within a private practice setting
- You value ongoing personal and professional growth
- You enjoy working within a team and actively contributing to its development and growth
- You’re down to earth, appreciate a good laugh, and only bring out the psychological jargon when necessary!
- You enjoy both sharing your knowledge with others, and learning from others
- You are looking for a group practice with great administrative and clinical support, so that you can focus your energy on clinical work
Please note applications from provisional psychologists will not be considered in the current recruitment round. Provisional psychologists may wish to keep an eye on our Join Our Team page and social media accounts for news about any future opportunities.
What you’ll enjoy
- A supportive and welcoming team where peers freely share their diverse knowledge
- Regular individual and group supervision with our Clinical Supervisors
- Opportunities for practice specific supervision (e.g., EMDR therapy, child therapy, and couples therapy)
- Encouragement and support in developing or refining a niche area of practice
- A wonderful administration team that provides exceptional support to psychologists, clients/caregivers, referrers, and other stakeholders
- Being part of a workplace that cultivates psychological safety through:
- Having multiple ways for our team to be heard (e.g., individual one-on-one meetings, team meetings, surveys, team days)
- Policies that support a psychologically healthy workplace
- Structured, well-paced induction program to create a solid practice foundation from the beginning
- Trauma-informed practices across all areas of our practice
- A culture of feedback, including the use of Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) Outcomes across the practice, and regular meetings with our management team to both provide and receive feedback
- Professional development program, including a range of external guest presenters throughout the year and opportunities to attend external learning activities of interest to you
- Extensive range of resources for therapy and assessments
- Use of NovoNote and NovoPsych
- Beautifully appointed consulting rooms including sit/stand desks, ergonomic workstations, and great tech!
Great employment conditions, including
- 5 weeks annual leave after 12 months of continuous service
- Professional development allowance of $1000 per annum (pro rata for part-time team members), plus paid professional development leave
- MacBook Air laptop and other great tech to make your job easier (including online assessment platforms, Novopsych, FIT Outcomes, MS Teams, and Zanda)
- An inclusive, neurodiversity affirming environment
- A person-centred Employee Assistance Program (EAP) where team members choose the therapist themselves
- Competitive remuneration
Next steps
Want to know more? We’d love to hear from you! Feel free to get in touch with our Clinical Manager, Eimear Quigley (eimear@amherstpsychology.com.au) for a confidential chat to explore whether this opportunity could be a great fit for you.
Ready to apply? Applications are welcome online via Employment Hero. Please include a cover letter outlining why this opportunity appeals to you, along with your current resume/CV.
