This exciting new service requires a Clinical Director to provide key professional leadership for the headspace Early Psychosis Canberra. The role collaborates with the Operations Manager as a management team, implementing the Orygen Youth Health Early Psychosis model, incorporating a youth-oriented culture through clinical, recovery and appropriate phase of life development supports for the 12-25 age group. This includes providing oversight of medical interventions, medico legal considerations, clinical risks, while also training and supervising medical staff. The role also includes contributing to continuous improvement in policy and practice development, and the training and supervision of the multidisciplinary clinicians. There will be a clinical load as negotiated with the Operations Manager.
- Psychiatrist /Director - ACT headspace Early Psychosis Youth
- 4 days per week Flexible - Permanent position
- Senior Specialist (Psychiatrist) + TESL + Benefits + Salary Packaging
- Registration as a medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent postgraduate specialist qualification.
- Experience and demonstrated skill in crisis intervention and management of young people in the acute phase of a mental illness.
- Substantial knowledge of the evidence base for the biopsychosocial treatments of first episode psychosis.
- Demonstrated ability to engage with young people, their families and/or significant others.
- Demonstrated capacity to be innovative in clinical approaches with young people.
- Ability to maintain the philosophy, guidelines, standards and policies of the Orygen Youth Health Early Psychosis model and to promote the early intervention and recovery of young people with a first episode of psychosis.
- Demonstrated commitment to clinical supervision, education, training and ongoing professional development and to contribute to clinical staff learning.
- Generous salary packaging options
- Paid parental leave
- Ongoing training & career development opportunities
- My wellbeing programs
- Corporate discounts
or Rose Rivera, Talent Acquisition Specialist - 0438 206 164 rrivera@uniting.org