Registrar | Psychiatry

• Excellent opportunity to join leading Mental Health team
  
• Part or Full time position available
  
• Ongoing training and development provision
  

About the Role

We are seeking a psychiatry registrar (unaccredited, stage 2 or stage 3), with a strong interest in developing their skills and clinical practice in Mental Health.

This role offers Training rotation opportunities including: general adult inpatient and community psychiatry, child and adolescent mental health, Koori, consultation-liaison, psycho-oncology, psychogeriatrics, dual diagnosis, perinatal psychiatry, and psychiatry in the private setting.



There is an extensive academic and educational program available to trainees at St Vincent’s Mental Health. St Vincent’s has a particular commitment to providing a comprehensive training program which includes quality experience in psychotherapy (supported by our Head of Psychotherapy Training), and an active examination preparation program. In addition to RANZCP Supervision, a senior psychiatrist supports our inpatient registrars with a reflective practice group.



Classifications for this position will be HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12 pro rata per annum) + salary sacrifice and excluding super



Duties

• Assess, formulate and develop treatment plan for patients admitted to the inpatient unit or community under the supervision of the consultant psychiatrist.
  
• Liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team on the delivery of the treatment plan.
  
• Respect the leadership role and the varied other roles and responsibilities with a team.
  
• Engage in work which is recovery oriented, focused on maximizing decision making capacity and social participation.
  
• Comply with relevant legal requirements and organizational policies regarding health records and timely and accurate patient documentation and statistical data.
  

What you will bring:

• Excellent skills and competencies as a clinician and excellent communication skills with patients, their families and colleagues
  
• Registration with the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
  
• National criminal history check
  
• Commitment to the Values and Health Care Philosophy of SVHM
  

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
  
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
  
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
  
• Located in Fitzroy with CBD and Gertrude St at our doorstep
  
• Available Trams for our Fitzroy Campus – 11, 12, 109, 86, 96
  
• Fitzroy Main building only 500m from Parliament Station
  
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
  
• Talk to me application - facilitate better conversations with patients and residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
  

About Mental Health Department

St Vincent’s is proud of its international reputation for delivery of Mental Health Services and the use of the ‘Strengths Model’ and its principles and includes a 44-bed adult acute inpatient, Continuing Care Teams; ,a Crisis Assessment Team, a PARC and Community Care Unit as well as state-wide services and support services.



Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.



We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds, including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages, cultures, and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.



Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.



Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.



How to apply

To apply, click the 'Apply' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter, addressed to Dr Susan Breen, Co-Director Postgraduate Training



Please include the contact details for 2 x suitable referees in your CV.



Please direct all enquiries to Dr Breen: susan.breen@svha.org.au



Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.



If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact jmsrecruitment@svha.org.au and include the JRnumber.



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