Clinical Psychology Registrar

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

About the Role

This is a Fixed, Term, Full Time position within the Mental Health Department.

Classification for this position will range from PK1 – PK4

What you’ll achieve:

Working within a multidisciplinary team, the psychology registrar will provide high quality, tertiary mental health care for infants and children 0 to 11 years and their families within our community services, through skilled assessment, treatment, and case management. This will include care delivery to our inpatient cohort on Banksia Ward aged 13 – 17 years old.  The psychology registrar will also provide clinical services to teams and services within the Royal Children's Hospital, and external organizations and service providers to promote collaboration and build capacity. This position will rotate across community teams and hospital teams, in the following locations - Parkville, Travancore, Sunshine and Tarneit. 

Your skills and experience

• Provide specialist evidence-based clinical psychological assessment and intervention services for children, adolescents and families 
• Ensure timely provision of clinical services through appropriate prioritization of own caseload and patient needs
• Provide clinical handover to required standard
• Participate in the Registrar Program to meet the requirements for area of practice endorsement in clinical psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia
• Use frameworks and/or support tools are in place for enhancing learning through reflection.
• Provide child-centered, family focused care through partnership with parents/families 
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Department

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) employs over 100 psychologists working across a range of inpatient and outpatient services including mental health, medical teams, and early intervention. The RCH Psychology Department provides clinical services, clinical governance, and educational and professional leadership to psychologists across RCH all teams and specialities.

RCH Mental Health is a Level 5 tertiary Infant, Child and Family Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Service and comprises community and hospital-based services. This includes three multidisciplinary community teams which are based in Travancore, Sunshine and Tarneit.  

Our Community Mental Health Programs are undergoing an exciting transformation and expansion as we implement the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. The transformation will allow the RCH Mental Health Service to help more infants, children, and their families, and implement contemporary models of care that best meet the needs of the families we serve and support them to use their collective strengths for recovery and hope. As part of this transformation, there will be opportunities for further training, supervision, and development. 

Our community teams comprise a range of workers and clinicians from various backgrounds including speech pathology, nursing, social work, clinical psychology, neuropsychology, occupational therapy, family peer support, family therapy, psychiatry and paediatrics.

What we offer:

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

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Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact MP Mthunzi – General Manager/Director of Nursing – Mental Health – 0421 452 319 or MP.Mthunzi@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks. 

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 17 February 2026