The Hospital:The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.The RCH is committed to the .RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.For further Information on RCH is available .About the Role:This is a permanent (ongoing) position at 56 hours (0.8 FTE) per fortnight within the Mental Health Department, in a community based mental health team based at Hoppers Crossing.You Will be Responsible For:
- Providing direct clinical care informed by the latest in evidence base, to a number of consumers with complex mental health problems referred for assessments and interventions to the South West Mental Health community team.
- Providing clinical governance to the care provided by the multidisciplinary team
- Providing training and supervision to junior medical staff from the RANZCP and/or RACP training programs.
- Participating in clinical quality improvement activities in the department.
- Clinical governance for South West team and for the mental health care of a number of patients referred to the Hospital Consultation Liaison service.
- Clinically lead a multidisciplinary team that includes junior medical, nursing, allied health, lived experience and administrative support staff - ensuring that RCH policies and procedures are always appropriately adhered to.
- Establish and maintain a close working relationship with the Team Coordinator to deliver high quality and evidence informed care to consumers
- Promote and ensure adherence of the Royal Children's Hospital Values by all Department staff, and facilitate staff working according to the principles of the RCH Compact (see below).
- Further develop initiatives and support the delivery of great care through Quality initiatives in the areas of Excellent Clinical Outcome, Positive Experience, a safe place and Timely Access
- Registration as medical practitioner and Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification
- Extensive experience in working in the mental health sector and sound knowledge of the relevant legislation pertaining to Mental Health.
- Excellent clinical skills and a commitment to professional development
- Completion of accredited postgraduate training in child and adolescent psychiatry
- Accreditation as an RANZCP Supervisor
- An interest in teaching and research with publications in refereed journals in the field of mental health
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- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
- Professional development and special events
- Culture of continuous improvement
- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure