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SalaryReference Number 64166
Position Title Director Adult Mental Health, Casey
Employment Type Full Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department Mental Health
Location Casey Hospital
Position Summary
- Exceptional leadership position at Victoria's leading public health service
- Pivotal role in exceptional quality psychiatry services support
- Develop and deliver an innovative model of care
Monash Health is Victoria's largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne's population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across southeastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and Mental Health facilities. For more information, please visit www.monashhealth.org
About Monash Doctors
There are more than 3,000 Junior Medical staff and Senior Medical Staff positions at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties, to help grow your career. We offer unparalleled opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service.
About Mental Health at Monash Health
The Mental Health program aims to deliver high quality Mental Health care to people living in the South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne and is one of the largest Mental Health programs in Victoria delivering services across the lifespan.
The Mental Health Program is organised into the following and each has a designated Operations Director and Unit Director working in partnership together and have Operational Managers and local Team Managers across all services within the program:
- Casey Adult Mental Health Services (Casey AMHS)
- Dandenong Adult Mental Health Services (Dandenong AMHS)
- Clayton Adult Mental Health Services (Clayton AMHS)
- Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS)
- Young Persons Mental Health Services (YPMHS)
- Monash Health Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS)
- Agile Psychological Medicine Clinics, including Agile Complex Mood Clinics and Cognitive Processing Therapy Clinics for PTSD
- Wellness and Recovery Centre
The Adult Mental Health Service (AMHS) Casey provides individualised, consumer centred care for adults aged 18 – 65 years living in the City of Casey and the Shire of Cardinia, aiming to improve Mental Health and wellbeing,
Casey AMHS comprises the entire spectrum of care with Emergency Psychiatric Services, Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team, PACER, Hospital in the Home team, Inpatient Psychiatric Units (Ward D and E) based at Casey Hospital, CCT based at Pakenham and Cranbourne, Acute and Extended PARCS, State-wide Transition Support Unit and the Adult Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Initiative.
About the Role
- To support and assist the Service Director in the provision of high-quality psychiatry services, consistent with Monash Health values.
- Medical model of care at Monash Health is “consultant led”. Consultants are at the forefront of care provision and lead by example.
- Provide clinical leadership through active involvement in patient care.
- Be available to medical colleagues for consultation and liaison as appropriate regarding patient care.
- Be immediately available for urgent consultation and assistance in the management of clinically deteriorating patients.
- Support academic, research, education, training & supervision (both undergraduate and postgraduate) roles in the Casey Adult Mental Health Service.
- Support the Adult Psychiatry Unit’s outreach services within Monash Health
- Contribute to the professional and corporate life of Monash Health by participation in appropriate committees and fora.
- Contribute to ongoing service improvement and clinical and workforce innovation to ensure Monash Health provides high quality accessible Psychiatry Services within allocated resources and meets the needs of Monash Health patients.
- Salary packaging
- Onsite discounted staff parking
- Discounted banking (BankVic)
- Onsite Gym
- Access to professional development courses and seminars
- Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Fellowship of the RANZCP or equivalent
- Extensive experience in Psychiatry (minimum 5 years as Consultant Psychiatrist).
- Working with Children's Check
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:
- Reference checks.
- A clear Police Check conducted within the last three months.
- A current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same).
- Proof of immunisation.
Please note, applications will be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be accepted.
Selection Criteria You are required to complete a Credentialing application via C.Gov online platform. Please access the link to c.Gov via the document in the attachments section. Please declare you have completed an application by selecting YES.
External applicants - You are required to complete a Stat Dec and attach it to your application. Please access a form in the attachments section. Please declare that you have completed this application by selecting YES to confirm. Internal Monash Health Applicants - Please select NO and explain.
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