"Part time (0.8FTE) Psychology Clinic Leader - Fixed Term to 21 January 2028"

Job Description:

• Part time (0.8FTE) - 29 hours per week | Fixed Term Contract to 21 January 2028
• Academic Level C $137,166 - $157,465 + 17% Super & great benefits (Prorata)
• Based in tropical Townsville where lifestyle and career go hand-in-hand
• Lead a high-impact psychology clinic shaping future clinicians
• Drive clinical excellence, governance and service innovation
• Mentor emerging psychologists while delivering community impact

Join us in shaping the next generation of psychologists while delivering meaningful impact to the community. This pivotal leadership role oversees JCU’s student-led psychology clinics, ensuring high-quality, ethical and evidence-based psychological services while fostering an outstanding clinical learning environment.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership across clinic governance, supervision, and service delivery, working closely with academic and professional teams to support excellence in teaching, research and clinical training.

Why you’ll love this role

• Lead and enhance high-impact student-led psychology clinics
• Shape future psychologists through expert supervision and teaching
• Drive clinical governance, innovation and service quality

What you’ll do

• Provide strategic and operational oversight of clinic services
• Deliver individual and group supervision to provisionally registered psychologists
• Ensure best-practice clinical governance, risk management and compliance
• Contribute to teaching within postgraduate and undergraduate psychology programs
• Collaborate across JCU Health and interprofessional clinics
• Support continuous improvement and growth of clinic services

What you’ll bring

• AHPRA registration as a Psychologist with Clinical Psychology endorsement
• Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor status
• Strong clinical supervision experience and governance expertise
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership capability
• Outstanding organisational and problem-solving skills

Why work at JCU

As Australia’s university for the Tropics, JCU offers a purpose-driven, collaborative environment where your leadership will have a meaningful impact on medical education and workforce outcomes across regional Australia.

• 5 weeks annual leave + leave loading
• Flexible work arrangements
• Up to 12 Months paid parental leave
• Salary packaging options
• Paid study leave & staff development programs
• Fitness Passport & health insurance discounts
• Free Employee Assistance Program (coaching & counselling)

Ready to make an impact? Apply now.

How To Apply

At JCU, you’ll be part of a values-driven university committed to excellence, equity, reconciliation and sustainability.

Click the ‘apply’ button where you will be asked to complete an application form or alternatively, please apply directly via the JCU careers page and follow the below steps:

• Complete the application form
• Upload your current resume
• Upload a cover letter outlining your relevant experience in relation to the key requirements of the role and how your skills and experience will ensure your success in the role.

For any enquiries about the role, please contact Dr Lauren Shaw on (07)4781 6076 or via email lauren.shaw1@jcu.edu.au

Posted: 17/02/2026