Team Lead Psychologist | $125K-$160K FTE | Newcastle

Full Time 0.00 - 160000.00

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We’re partnering with several standout private practices across Newcastle to appoint Senior Psychologists and Team Lead roles. If you love therapy and you’re ready to lift standards, coach clinicians and shape how services run, these roles give you the platform. Think modern clinics, skilled admin/intake, and a supportive multidisciplinary team. Streams include adult therapy leadership, paediatric mental health, complex/chronic pain programs, and service-growth mandates.

Why it’s worth a conversation:

Choose your focus: Leadership across adult & child caseloads, group programs and complex presentations (including chronic pain), with room to align work to your interests.
Lead with substance: Provide individual and group supervision, act as a senior escalation point, and drive governance, documentation and clinical processes.
Sustainable workloads: Thoughtful KPI models (blended leadership & therapeutic work), protected time for leadership, and full admin support.
Career growth: Structured onboarding, regular supervision, quality-improvement projects and clear pathways into senior leadership.
Attractive pay: $125k–$160k+ FTE (role-dependent) plus super, with generous PD and wellness benefits.

What you’ll do:

Coach & supervise: Guide registrars and early-career clinicians; run case discussions and peer supervision; give practical, growth-focused feedback.
Hold complexity: Be the senior consult for higher-risk or complex work; support stepped-care decisions and escalation pathways.
Lift quality: Shape protocols, templates and assessment frameworks; review reports; lead outcomes tracking and quality improvement.
Stay clinical: Maintain a balanced therapy caseload (individual and group), with options for chronic pain assessments/programs where relevant.
Model culture: Build reflective practice, psychological safety and collaborative habits across the team.

You’ll thrive here if you:

Hold AHPRA registration (Clinical endorsement welcomed). Board-approved Supervisor or on the pathway is highly preferred.
Enjoy the mix of meaningful client work and mentoring others.
Communicate clearly, think systemically and value fair, sustainable workloads and risk management.
Appreciate multidisciplinary collaboration and well-supported, modern clinics.

Perks (vary by site):

$130k–$160k+ FTE (pro-rata options available)
PD allowance/CPD days, regular supervision and wellbeing supports
Thoughtful caseload models and protected admin/lead time
Dedicated intake/reception, so you can focus on clinical care
Contemporary spaces & tools, team events and recognition programs

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Apply now or email your resume to Cavan Conway at [email protected] or call +61 468 842 406 to hear more about the role.

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