Psychologist - Eating Disorders Service

Psychologist - Eating Disorders Service (

Job Number:

 02RT2)
 

Description

Employment Type: Part-Time Permanent 0.4 FTE or Full-Time Temporary 12 months, with the possibility of extension and/or permanency
Classification: Psychologist Level 2 (PN 46795) 
Salary: $91,026 - $117,896 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: Phillip Community Health Centre andCanberra Health Services’ sites
Section: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Closing Date: 23 September 2026

What can we offer you: 

• 

Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.

•

Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

•

Flexible working conditions

• 

Access to Employee Assistance Program.

About the Role:

Join a specialist multidisciplinary team dedicated to supporting children, adolescents and adults on their recovery journey from eating disorders. The Eating Disorders Program (EDP) is a tertiary outpatient service providing comprehensive assessment and evidence-based treatment for individuals whose primary presenting issue is an eating disorder.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Psychologist to join our team as an Eating Disorder Therapist. In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments and deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents and adults, including both individual and family-based treatment. Working within a recovery-oriented framework, you will collaborate closely with a range of mental health professionals to provide high-quality, person-centred care.

The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting and developing the workforce through the provision of clinical support and supervision to Health Professional Level 1 clinicians, Allied Health Assistants and students. You will actively contribute to professional development activities, clinical supervision, quality improvement initiatives and multidisciplinary team processes that strengthen service delivery and client outcomes.

This position offers the opportunity to work across a specialised and highly regarded service while also contributing to the broader Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) program. The role may include occasional support to the Eating Disorders Clinical Hub (EDCH) and requires flexibility to work across all CAMHS program areas in response to service needs.

If you are passionate about eating disorder treatment, committed to recovery-focused practice and enjoy working in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment, we encourage you to apply.

This part time (0.4FTE) permanent position includes the offer to increase to full-time hours for a temporary 12-month period, with possibility of extension and/or permanency. 

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• 

Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

•

Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

•

Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply: 

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-pages Response (Where possible in your answers included specific relevant examples of your work) to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description. 
 

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website. 

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together 
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Rony Cheerangal George on (02) 5124 1216 or at Rony.George@act.gov.au

 #LI-DNI

Job

: Allied Health

Salary Range

: 91,026.00 - 117,896.00

Closing Date

: 23/Sep/2026, 1:59:00 PM