Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 4159
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Early Career Psychology Program
Austin Mental Health is building the psychology graduate workforce and we are actively recruiting early career Psychologists. We have multiple full time fixed term positions (February 2026 - February 2028) available within the Early Career Psychology Program Mental Health Division.
The Mental Health Division comprises three Directorates, including Infant Child and Youth, Adult and Older Adult Mental Health, and Specialty Services (PTRS and Brain Disorders). This ensures Austin Health is an employee of choice for graduates embarking on a new career. Successful applicants will be offered two rotations across two teams within the Mental Health Division.
Rotations may be available in:
About the role
The Early Career Program will offer the following -
You will be offered varying roles where you could be doing assessment and formulation, individual and group therapy, case management and secondary consultation depending on your location.
About you
To be successful in this role you will;
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
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We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Fiona Zandt, Psychologist Grade 4 at [email protected] or Jo Peters, Director of Psychology at [email protected].
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 30 October 2025