Psychologist/Senior Psychologist - Perinatal Mental Health

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
  • Senior Psychologist | Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
  • Psychologist | Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP2
• Temporary Part-Time – 15 hours per week, up to 27 August 2027

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is seeking a skilled Psychologist or Senior Psychologist to join the Perinatal Mental Health Service (Lyell McEwin Hospital) and deliver psychological support to birthing parents across Adelaide's northern metro communities.

The position can be offered at the AHP2 or AHP3 level, depending on the successful applicant’s level of skills and knowledge (please see the corresponding Role Descriptions for the qualifications associated with each AHP level).

The Psychologist/Senior Psychologist will be working as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team and expected to apply clinical experience and professional competence to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive and integrated services.

The successful applicant can expect to work with birthing parents with moderate to severe anxiety or depression, and provide trauma counselling where it relates to a past or recent birth experience; support may be provided 1:1 or via group therapy.

Please see the corresponding Role Descriptions for further details of the key responsibilities associated with the Psychologist/Senior Psychologist positions.

Supervision (for the use of diverse assessments and therapies, for example) would be available to the Psychologist/Senior Psychologist on a regular basis. The Senior Psychologist would be expected to work under limited direct supervision.

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide. 

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, and geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 949821

Natalija Vujinovic

Principal Psychologist, Division of Mental Health – NALHN

Phone: (08) 7485 4300

E-mail: Natalija.Vujinovic@sa.gov.au 

9 October 2026 – 11.55PM

 949821 - Senior Psychologist - PNMH - AHP3 - Role Description.pdf

 949821 - Psychologist - PNMH - AHP2 - Role Description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.

Advertised: 25 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 09 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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