Make an impact at Serco
You will work with a multidisciplinary team of medical and allied health professionals on site to contribute to positive mental health outcomes for the Australian Defence Force personnel at Edinburgh Health Centre.
This role is currently Full Time, with shifts Monday to Friday weekly 7:30am - 15.30pm.
As a Psychologist, you'll make a positive impact by:
• Performing intake assessments and risk assessments
• Providing crisis intervention
• Planning case formulation and treatment planning
• Providing programmatic treatment interventions
• Planning care coordination
• Assisting with medication management
• Conducting group psycho-education
About ADF Health Services
In partnership with Bupa, our ADF Health Services team provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia.
This includes providing defence-ready clinical and support staff across 45+ on-base locations, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care.
About Edinburgh Health Centre
Edinburgh Health Centre is located 25km North of Adelaide, at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
This super-base accommodates 3500 personnel from the Australian Army and RAAF, as well as being home to the RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine.
The health centre operates a 16 bed low dependency ward 24/7.
It also provides primary medical, aviation medical, nursing, dental, physiotherapy, mental health, pharmaceutical and rehabilitation services.
Standard operating hours are generally 07:30 – 15:30 Monday – Friday (depending on role requirements and specific craft groups required for weekend and on-call shifts).
Serco is a place for you
If you are looking to make a meaningful difference and contribute to positive mental health outcomes this position is for you!
Your patients will be compliant and you will have the time to spend with each individual patient.
Shifts are lifestyle friendly in this Psychologist role, being Monday to Friday day shifts - no nights or weekends.
To be successful in this role you'll have the following:
• Current unconditional and unrestricted registration as a general Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Minimum of 2 years full-time (or part-time equivalent) Post Graduate Experience in the last 5 years in mental health in a primary health or specialist mental health setting undertaking comprehensive mental health assessment and delivering a range of evidence based 'Focussed Psychological Strategies' as defined under the Medicare Schedule
Please note:
You must be an Australian Citizen to obtain the required Baseline Security Clearance for this role.You don't need to be enlisted in the Defence Force to work as a civilian on-base and your job stays here, even if the Defence personnel you care for are deployed.Serco is a place where you can grow
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.
We offer lots of room for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:
Paid CPD leave for permanent employeesPaid volunteer leave and leave for ReservistsThe provision of uniformsFree Car Parking on siteA variety of lifestyle discounts through our Benefits program including discounts with Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas and more!Access to Sonder, our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, including immediate mental health and counselling support as well as access to specialist support lines and wellbeing programs for you and your immediate familyPlease note:
Refer a friend or colleague who is a Healthcare Professional to join Serco's Australian Defence Force Health Services team and receive a Prezzee Voucher if they are successful!
Conditions apply.If you would like to find out more before applying, please feel free to contact Barbara Swart via email - ****** for a confidential chat, we would love to hear from you.
As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco's services span across the areas of justice, migration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility.
In joining us, you'll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals.
Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world's most urgent and complex challenges.
We focus on serving governments all over the globe.
The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in health, defence, maritime, justice, immigration, and community services.
We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability.
By joining Serco you'll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Impact a better future at Serco.