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Psychology careers in mental health

Join our mental health psychology team at Austin Health

As a psychologist in our Mental Health Division you will be supported to grow and develop in a number of ways including:

  • a dedicated discipline senior for psychology who oversees psychology at Austin Health
  • opportunities to connect with psychology peers across the MHD through ongoing division wide meetings
  • a large team of psychologists with a wealth of knowledge and experience
  • exposure to a range of clinical presentations in a supportive environment, which will enhance your clinical competence and skill
  • clinical opportunities to engage in evidence-based practice
  • graduate entry program positions, including support to complete the registrar program
  • discipline specific supervision
  • free professional development opportunities – both inhouse as well as through The Centre for Mental Health Learning
  • time release to attend professional development, registration and conference opportunities
  • opportunities to participate in research
  • access to psychometric tests
  • opportunities to be part of organisational projects – such as defusing or specialised training, and
  • being part of multi-disciplinary team structures.

Find job vacancies

Head to our job vacancies board to find mental health psychology roles at Austin Health.

Attend our next mental health tour

To register for our next mental health tour, please contact:

Jo Peters
Discipline Senior Psychologist, Mental Health Division

Email: Joanne.Peters@austin.org.au 

Please include ‘tour’ as the subject title.

Working as a psychologist in our Mental Health Division

Psychologists provide a variety of roles across the Mental Health Division (MHD). Some of these roles include:

  • psychometric assessment
  • case management
  • research
  • provision of individual, group and family therapies
  • supervision and managerial support.

Psychologists work in partnership with individuals, families and the broader community to assist improved health outcomes.

Our services

Our education programs

  • Graduate Psychology Program

    Supporting early career psychologists to become highly skilled, confident and competent clinicians.

Psychology student program

The Mental Health Division has a strong tradition of offering placements to trainee psychologists across a range of clinical settings.

Currently placements are available to students enrolled in APAC accredited Masters and Doctorate courses in Clinical Psychology.

The MHD has partnerships with most Melbourne universities offering these courses, and applications for placement opportunities are organised through university placement coordinators and the supervising psychologists within the relevant host services and clinics.