Media release

11 Oct 2013

Call for expressions of interest to join the Psychology Board of Australia's list of approved persons for panel appointments.

Call for expressions of interest for panel appointment

The Psychology Board of Australia (the National Board) invites expressions of interest from experienced psychologists interested in being included on an Approved persons list for panel appointment.

The National Board is seeking candidates who practice and reside in the following states and territories:

• Northern Territory 
• Western Australia.

Under the National Law¹, a National Board convenes health panels and performance and professional standards panels when required to hold hearings into specific health, performance or conduct matters for individual registered health professionals.

Such panels consist of members chosen from a National Board-approved list of persons.

Appointments to the Approved persons list are for up to three years, with eligibility for re-appointment, and are expected to commence in early 2014.

For more information on the:

• National Board, visit the Psychology Board website 
• panel member role and the application process, please download the application guide and application forms from the Panel member recruitment page on the AHPRA website, or for general enquiries please contact [email protected].

If you have applied for a board, committee or panel member vacancy within the past 12 months and want to be considered for this vacancy please email [email protected] to

• express your interest in this vacancy, and 
• authorise use of the application and supporting documentation that you have previously lodged.

If you applied to the Board’s call for expressions of interest in May 2013, your application is still under current consideration and you will be notified in due course as to the outcome of the process.

Expressions of interest close by 5.00pm AEST on Monday 18 November 2013.

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¹The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in each state and territory (the National Law)