Our practice is growing again and we are excited to be recruiting for TWO positions:

1. Early Childhood Psychologist (3-5 days/week) - Key Selection Criteria

   • Experience with, and passion for, working with families of children aged under 6 years

   • Confidence with presenting issues such as school readiness, developmental concerns, behavioural difficulties, emotional regulation, autism, parenting challenges etc.

   • Understanding and knowledge of child development

   • Comfortable working with parents to provide evidence-based strategies to support their child's development

   • Competence with ADOS-2, WPPSI-IV and other relevant standardised psychological assessment tools, especially in relation to assessing autism

   • Full registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is required and ideally at least one year's experience as a fully registered psychologist

   • Medicare provider eligibility

   • Competence with maintaining an average of minimum 5 billable hours per day (this includes allocated report writing for assessments)

2. General Psychologist - Child/Adolescent &/or Adult (3-5 days/week) - Key Selection Criteria

• Experience providing counselling for school aged children and adolescents at NCCD and/or adults in our new sister practice NCAP

• Confidence with assessing/formulating/diagnosing the relevant client groups for ADHD, Autism, Learning difficulties (children and adolescents only) using standardised assessment tools such as WISC-V, WIAT-III, ADOS-2, ADI-R etc.

• Full registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is required and ideally at least one year's experience as a fully registered psychologist

• Medicare provider eligibility

• Competence with maintaining an average of minimum 5 billable hours per day (this includes allocated report writing for assessments)

About us

We are an independent private psychology practice in Thornbury. Founded in 2013, our practice has tried and true systems in place allowing you the mental space to focus on the important stuff - being a psychologist! In 2025 we launched the Northern Centre for Adult Psychology to provide psychological support for the adults in our community. Both practices are housed within our beautiful Thornbury clinic, nestled a stones throw away from Darebin creek, Ivanhoe shops and vibrant Thornbury precinct.

Our values

We value clear and respectful communication, high professional standards, integrity, accountability and genuine teamwork. We aim to create a workplace culture built on trust, authenticity, collaboration and psychological safety, where everyone feels supported, valued and able to grow.

What you can expect from us

• Generous salary and annual reviews

• Beautiful, large, light-filled practice and abundant clinical resources

• PD budget, in-house PD sessions, peer supervision, annual individual goal-setting sessions

• Monthly one-on-one supervision with an external board approved supervisor

• Full admin support from our receptionists and practice manager

• Anti-burnout caseload management

• State of the art IT

• Supportive and clear onboarding process

• Freedom to work autonomously with the support of our leadership team

• Friendly and supportive team

What we expect from you

• Dedication to your profession and adherence to the Code of Conduct

• Alignment with our values

• Proactivity about client engagement, retention and maintaining a healthy caseload

• Reaching your minimum billable expectations each month (average = minimum 5 billable hours per day)

• Proactive attitude

To apply

Please provide a CV and cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria for the relevant role you are applying for.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the position may close earlier than advertised if suitable candidates are identified. We encourage interested applicants to apply promptly.