Coordinator of Psychological Therapies

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Coordinator of Psychological Therapies role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Community Mental Health Services and Inpatient Mental health Services team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Coordinator of Psychological Therapies to join our growing team on a full time (1.0EFT) ongoing basis.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Coordinator of Psychological Therapies to lead the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of evidence-based psychological therapy programs across our Mental Health Services. This leadership role will coordinate group therapy programs across inpatient, sub-acute, and community settings, while building workforce capability through training, supervision, and mentoring. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams and lived experience workers, you will help strengthen recovery-oriented, trauma-informed care and improve outcomes for consumers across the lifespan.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Coordinator of Psychological Therapies is to:

• Lead the planning, coordination, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based psychological therapy programs across inpatient, sub-acute, and community mental health services.
• Provide clinical leadership in the implementation and co-facilitation of specialised group programs, including therapies such as DBT, MBT, GPM, and other evidence-based interventions.
• Develop workforce capability through the provision of clinical supervision, training, mentoring, and support for psychologists, clinicians, and students.
• Maintain a specialist clinical caseload, providing psychological assessment, formulation, intervention, and expert consultation for complex mental health presentations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, lived experience workers, and external stakeholders to integrate psychological therapies into consumer care pathways and support service continuity.
• Lead quality improvement, service evaluation, governance, and innovation activities that enhance psychological therapy services and align with strategic mental health priorities.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Clinical Psychologist with AHPRA registration, Clinical Psychology endorsement, and Board-approved Supervisor status.
• Extensive experience working with consumers experiencing severe and complex mental health conditions across community and/or inpatient settings.
• Demonstrated expertise in delivering, coordinating, and evaluating evidence-based psychological therapies and therapeutic group programs.
• Strong leadership, supervision, coaching, and workforce development skills, with the ability to build capability across multidisciplinary teams.
• Highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a collaborative and recovery-oriented approach to care.
• Passionate about service innovation, continuous improvement, and expanding access to high-quality psychological therapies across mental health services.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Helen Jeges, Director of Psychology email on helen.jeges@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 20th August 2026

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Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.