Clinical Psychologist Brighter Beginnings Program

at  Northern Sydney Local Health District

Become a vital part of the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks in Preschools Service Team within the Northern Sydney Local Health District Child, Youth, and Family Community Health Service. Work alongside passionate clinicians dedicated to early intervention, supporting preschool-aged children and their families to enhance learning, development, and lifelong potential. This temporary role, available until 30 June 2026, with the possibility of ongoing employment.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 30 June 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration: $2,093.71 - $2,551.93 per week
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ546974
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

The role collaborates within the interdisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Program Team, part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Service. Reporting operationally to the Brighter Beginnings Program Manager and professionally to the NSLHD Principal Psychologist, this position is integral to the program’s mission.
Dedicated to ensuring that children in NSW receive the best start in life, the Brighter Beginnings Program targets preschool-age children, fostering a positive transition into primary school. The role works closely with the Brighter Beginnings Program Manager, Clinical Coordinator, and allied health colleagues to support the interdisciplinary team engaged with preschoolers and their families, who may be facing psychosocial stressors and developmental challenges.
Where required, this role conducts psychological assessments to identify developmental delays, emotional difficulties, or behavioural concerns in preschool-aged children and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to ensure integrated, innovative care. The role plays an integral part in providing guidance, education, and support to parents and caregivers to enhance their understanding of child development, behaviour management strategies, and ways to promote their child’s social-emotional well-being at home and in the community.
This includes individual consultation, collaboration, specialist input into interdisciplinary team case reviews, individual care planning, family case conferences, and team education sessions. The Psychologist delivers safe, trauma-informed, evidence-based, and child-centred specialist psychological advice, education, and support.
The incumbent is accountable for providing culturally sensitive, evidence-based, child-centred, neurodiversity-affirming specialist advice and education to team members. When more complex concerns requiring specialist assessment and intervention are identified, the role may occasionally accompany a team member to conduct an assessment in preschool or at an NSLHD Community Health Centre, and when require, will facilitate referrals and support families in accessing community-based mental health services, fostering seamless service integration.