Job Description:

Role title: Eating Disorders Clinician

Role type: Max term contract, part time (24 hours per week until January 2027)

Role grade: Clinical Psychologist (Year 1-5) or Social Worker (Year 1-3)

Department and location: Mental Health, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst

Salary: Clinical Psychologist - $113,617.00 - $138,482 or Social Worker - $76,394.31 - $120,680.00 (Pro-rata) + Super + Salary Packaging

Better and fairer care.  Always.

We are St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services. 

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs. 

About the role

• Provide specialist, evidence-based assessment, treatment, consultation, and care coordination for adults with eating disorders across outpatient and inpatient services, delivering trauma-informed, recovery-oriented care and supporting seamless continuity between hospital and community settings to improve clinical outcomes

• Deliver inpatient consultation services including diagnostic clarification, formulation, behavioural management strategies, and support for safe discharge planning

• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, liaising with medical, psychiatric, dietetic, and community providers to ensure coordinated, recovery-oriented care and continuity across services

• Contribute to clinical governance, including documentation, outcome monitoring, case review participation, service improvement activities, and provision of education, supervision, and mentorship to staff and students

• Support patient advocacy, safety planning, escalation of clinical risk, and referral to external services including NDIS and community supports where appropriate

About you

• Relevant tertiary degree in Allied Health or Nursing and eligibility for membership with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), with evidence of extensive clinical experience in a hospital or health-related field as a practising Social Worker; or minimum two-year full-time equivalent APAC-accredited postgraduate Master’s or Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology

• Demonstrated expertise, skills, and experience in mental health, with the ability to work collaboratively with consumers within a trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and strengths-based framework

• Experience in clinical practice using evidence-based interventions to assess and treat people with eating disorders

• Sound knowledge of the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of people with eating disorders, including understanding of eating disorder service provision across private and public health settings, and demonstrated application of current, evidence-based eating disorder practice principles

• Demonstrated experience in liaising, consulting and educating on medical and/or mental health issues with health professionals e.g. GP's, Nurses, and Allied Health, involved in the management and treatment of inpatients and/or clients in the community

• Ability to lead and contribute to research, projects, quality improvement, and education activities, with highly developed written, verbal communication, and negotiation skills

Why work at St Vincent’s?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport

• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank

• Access to a government salary sacrifice program.  Make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About the hospital

In this role you will be based at St Vincent’s hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location

• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches

• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people

• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus

• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health 

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 28th May 2026.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert. 

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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