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Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Austin Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical and Nursing
Reference: 46656
Austin Health is one of Victoria’s largest health care providers. Our 11,000 employees and volunteers provide safe, high quality, person-centred care at Austin Hospital, Olivia Newton-John Centre, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, as well as in the community through Hospital-in-the-Home and partner health services. We are an internationally recognised leader in clinical teaching, training and research and have affiliations with many leading universities and research institutes. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
CHILD PSYCHIATRIST - STATEWIDE CHILD & FAMILY CENTRE (SCFC)
An exciting and unique opportunity exists for a dynamic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our ICYMHS Directorate in the state’s first Child and Family Centre (SCFC) providing innovative and specialist mental health residential care for children under 12 years, and their families/carers. The Centre is located in a purpose-built residential building in the community in Macleod. It is an exciting time as the ICYMHS directorate is expanding in response to the recommendations from the Victorian Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health Services.
About the SCFC
The Centre aims to provide a comprehensive residential service to Victorian children and their families, where the children have experienced significant trauma. The service will focus on intensive, additional assessment and treatment to reduce the impact of mental illness, conditions or disorders, improve the quality of lives and restore the developmental trajectories of these children and their families. Children, their parents/carers and siblings (where appropriate) will be eligible to stay at the Centre for a length of time determined by assessed need.
About the role:
Hours per week: 17.5 hours
Employment status: Permanent Part-time
Appointment period: Available April 2023 ongoing
The Consultant Psychiatrist will work in partnership with the Centre Manager and the Centre’s Therapeutic Specialists to ensure that services provided at the Centre are the highest standard, emphasizing excellence, service, care, staff performance, cost efficiency, research and education within a comprehensive clinical governance framework. You will be joining a multidisciplinary team of highly passionate, experienced, supportive and collaborative mental health professionals.
To be successful for this role you must:
Be a registered Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Hold a Fellowship of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), or equivalent.
RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent.
Must hold a current Working with Children Check (WWC Check) in compliance with the Working with Children Act 2005.
Demonstrate a commitment to high quality patient care.
Demonstrate a commitment to working as a team member with peer medical, junior medical, nursing and other clinical staff to provide efficient, safe and quality care across the continuum, and
Demonstrate a commitment to teaching, training and research.
Please refer to the position for further information about the role and required knowledge and skills.
Enquiries to: Dr Campbell Thorpe, phone 9496 5108
Click here for an overview of mental health services at Austin Health.
Our benefits:
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging.
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Inclusion at Austin:
We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.
Application instructions:
As part of the process, you will be directed to Austin Health’s Online Credentialing System to complete your application. Please follow the instructions on the Credentialing and Scope of Clinical Practice Application Form to ensure your application is processed through the Austin Health Medical Workforce Unit. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to the hiring manager.
Please note you will be required to attach copies of the following to your online application:
Cover letter
Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Undergraduate Qualification Certificate (Medical Degree)
Fellowship Certificate (Specialist Medical College)
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Current Medical Indemnity Certificate
Proof of Identification (current passport or Australian drivers licence)
Working with Children’s Check Card
