Psychiatry Registrar - Psychosocial Cancer Care

About the Role
St Vincent’s Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic and committed psychiatric registrar wishing to undertake education and training in providing psychosocial care in oncology and palliative care settings. There are substantial consultation and liaison components within various tumour streams and palliative care, providing a true Consultation-Liaison experience. A small, clinically relevant research project will form part of the training that could count towards the RANZCP CL Certificate. The appointee will be part of a growing team which provides clinical service delivery, education and training, staff support, quality monitoring and improvement and research in this important area. The position is accredited by the VPTC for advanced training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.

In addition to clinical supervision from on-site consultant psychiatrists and joining a multidisciplinary cross-cultural health team, the position is supported by an extensive academic and educational program offered by St Vincent’s Mental Health.

There is an expectation that the successful applicant contribute to the on-call roster at St Vincent’s Mental Health.

Further information please contact: Dr Deniz Yaka.

Email: [email protected]


Hours: 1.0 EFT (43hrs)

Duration of appointment: Feb 2025 – Feb 2026

Classification: HM26 – 30 ($133,086.20 - $173,290.00 p/a)

Location: Fitzroy and Kew

Closing Date: 31 May 2024


Your Contribution

• Bachelor Medicine, Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
• Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
• Registration as a medication prescriber
• Current National criminal history check or willing to obtain one

What we Offer

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• CBD Location, close to Public Transport and close to car parks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Career development & advancement encouraged
• Culture of continuous improvement

About The Mental Health Department
St. Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) emphasizes strengths and recovery opportunities for individuals experiencing mental health issues and illness. In doing so we acknowledge cultural diversity and recognize the role of psychosocial vulnerability and trauma but aim to foster a spirit of resilience which sees the individual driving their recovery professionally supported by their treating team. St Vincent's mental health includes an adult area mental health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara.

St Vincent’s trainees have access to a wealth of specialist experiences including dual diagnosis, aboriginal mental health, psychiatry of trauma, psychotherapy, perinatal psychiatry, psycho-oncology, consultation liaison psychiatry, psychiatry of old age, and forensic psychiatry. Trainees are rotated to Austin and Eastern Health or to a new private rotation at Gertrude Street Clinic for their child and adolescent mental health experience.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

WORKING AT ST VINCENT’S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
St Vincent's is committed to supporting and complementing specialist RANZCP training with the aim of developing psychiatrists with a broad range of experiences and knowledge well equipped to perform clinically as well as lead and develop the broader mental health area.

St Vincent's draws on a collegiate approach of our consultant staff to form the background to a training experience which emphasises a comprehensive and inclusive manner of understanding and treating our patients including those at the margins of our community.

There is an extensive academic and educational program available to trainees at St Vincent’s Mental Health, including a particular commitment to providing a comprehensive training program which includes quality experience in psychotherapy.

Grand round style and critical analysis presentations (both weekly) form the backbone of our general educational program. In addition to this some of our most senior psychiatrists provide a general grounding to our trainees by way of their weekly sessions.

Regular professorial tutorials in readings covering history, controversies and psychodynamic psychiatry are conducted. Reflective practice sessions are also facilitated with trainees. Consultants participate actively in the exam preparation program with the development of an electronically based written exam preparation further supplemented by face to face sessions. Case submissions have been supported by the provision of information tutorials to both supervisors and trainees as well as supervisor support for a double review process. Historically, St Vincent's trainees have achieved high pass rates in their summative assessments and exams. Our OSCE preparation program has achieved a particular reputation among trainees for its success and rigor.

Training and working in mental health can be an intense, confronting and stressful experience. Trainees may have to deal with commitments outside of the workplace or challenges in their own lives. Part of professional development is finding a balance to these competing and complementary interests. In addition to meeting clinical and training supervision requirements through the usual avenues, we support our trainees by ready access to senior support.

An open door policy allows the clinical executive to provide support when needed. Our lead and senior registrars play an important role in providing mid-level and practical support to more junior trainees. St Vincent's Health provides staff support in the form of counselling services - ACCESS and STAR programs.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

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.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.