Psychologist

About the job

Exciting Career Opportunity for Registered Psychologists at the Centre for Eating, Weight & Body Image (CEWBI)

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with eating, weight, and body image concerns? CEWBI, a renowned clinic in Melbourne, invites you to join our team.

We provide best-practice, evidence-based psychological assessment, treatment and support to individuals and families experiencing eating, weight, or body image related concerns and associated physical health (e.g., diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome) and mental health (e.g., depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders) difficulties.

We have opportunities available for psychologists who are passionate about providing client-centred, empirically-supported psychological assessment, treatment, and support to our local community. Our services are in high demand, and we look forward to welcoming more psychologists to our committed and supportive team.

We have strong relationships with local GPs and allied health professionals, and the broader community.

The team

CEWBI psychologists are experienced, passionate, and committed to providing best-practice, evidence-based care to individuals with eating, weight and body image concerns.

Our practice Director, Professor Leah Brennan, is a Clinical, Health, Educational and Developmental Psychologist. Leah is passionate about maintaining a supportive and evolving practice where psychologists feel valued, are supported to deliver empirically-supported treatment, and have opportunities to develop their clinical skills and interests.

Our Client Support Team looks after both our clients and psychologists. They take care of most reception and administration duties, leaving our psychologists to focus their time and energy on their clients. Our Client Support Team anticipates the team's needs and provides seamless systems that reduce admin demands on psychologists.

We are passionate about providing an engaging, motivating and supportive workplace for our team. We know that our clients will receive high-quality care if our psychologists are well supported.

Our training, supervision and support program

We provide a comprehensive training and support program tailored to the needs of the individual psychologist (including registrars). This includes:

• Access to formal training in a range of empirically-supported psychological treatments (this training can support you in becoming an ANZAED Eating Disorder Credentialed clinician).
• Benefit from supervision and training by leading voices in the eating disorder field.
• Regular specialised supervision focused on specific presentations (e.g., ASD, trauma, eating disorders, cognitive and educational assessment etc.)
• Access to skills workshops facilitated by experienced psychologists covering a range of topics important for clinical practice (e.g., managing admin tasks, setting and reviewing homework tasks, liaising with referrers, Medicare, etc.)
• Registrar programs for Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Educational and Developmental Psychology.

About the role

We are looking for psychologists with a passion for, and experience in, the provision of evidence-based psychological assessment, treatment, and support for adults, adolescents and/or children with eating, weight and/or body image concerns. This is a part-time (minimum 2 days) or full-time role.

Our clients come from a range of backgrounds and present with a variety of eating, weight and body image concerns. This enables our clinicians to have varied clinical caseloads.

Essential Criteria

• Unrestricted psychologist registration with AHPRA.
• Current public and professional indemnity insurance in line with AHPRA requirements.
• Formal training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Enhanced (CBT-E) and/or Family Based Therapy (FBT) for eating disorders (or willingness to complete this training before commencing with CEWBI).
• Previous training, supervision, and experience in the delivery of empirically supported treatments (e.g., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy).
• Ability to provide psychological services and reports in a manner that at all times is consistent with legal, ethical and professional requirements.
• Ability to maintain record keeping that is at all times up-to-date and consistent with legal, ethical and professional requirements.
• Demonstrated commitment to continued supervision and professional development.
• A current Working with Children Check and Police Check.

Benefits

• Remuneration: A remuneration and contractor agreement that is competitive and transparent, and includes supervision opportunities (as outlined above).
• New Expanded Location: Our newly expanded East Melbourne clinic offers an environment for collaboration and community.
• Registrar programs: Available for Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Educational and Developmental Psychology.
• Collaborative Culture: Benefit from supervision and training by leading voices in the eating disorder field. Our 2024 group supervision and training calendars are scheduled ahead for the year!
• Work Flexibility: Choose from in-person and Telehealth work options. Enjoy the best of both worlds. Connect with team members when you’re in-person, and enjoy the flexibility of working from home.
• Innovative Systems & Extensive Support: Benefit from our excellent practice systems! CEWBI has invested in developing supportive systems and processes to reduce clinician’s admin workload.
• Career Development: Regular individual supervision and access to outstanding professional psychology training.
• Credential Opportunity: Our training can support you in becoming an ANZAED Eating Disorder Credentialed clinician.
• Collaborate with BEWT: Engage in research opportunities with Professor Leah Brennan and the Body Image, Eating & Weight Clinical Research Team (BEWT).

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