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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Negotiable
Position Classification: JMO Advanced Trainee
Remuneration: $89,095 - $120,489
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ463773
Applications Close: 24 March 2024
We welcome you to come and join our friendly, committed and proud team at Southern NSWLHD
At Southern NSW Local Health District (Southern) we are working to help our communities lead healthy lives. Our mission is that all people across our diverse societies have timely access to the right healthcare in the right setting to maximise their health, wellbeing and independence.
Southern covers a large area of the state, from Goulburn and Crookwell to the Victorian border, and surrounds the ACT on three sides. A total of 44 537sq kms, extending from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Monaro and spectacular Snowy Mountings of the Great Dividing Range.
We are home to five large Aboriginal nations – the Gundungurra, Ngambri, Ngunnawal, Ngarigo and Yuin people. Southern NSWLHD comprises of four Networks - Tablelands is centred around Goulburn, Monaro centred around Queanbeyan and Cooma, the Coastal Network located in the far south-east corner of NSW, and the Integrated Care Network. Where you'll be working - Site Negotiable
Southern NSW LHD looks after the health and wellbeing of communities across south-east NSW, covering the South Coast,
Southern Tablelands, Great Dividing Range, and Snowy Mountains.
We provide a wide range of hospital-based, community health, and virtual care services for people of all ages.
Our aim is to be a recognised leader in rural healthcare and improve the wellbeing of the community we serve.
What we offer:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 10.5% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading
A team member from the NSW Government - Department of Regional NSW called a Local Connector will discuss the concerns, questions and needs of each individual and connect them with the right people and services, to ensure their move and transition into the community is as easy as possible.
To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Regional NSW click here and register your details via .
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the Psychiatry Advanced Trainee role is to provide high level specialist psychiatric health services to children, adolescents and their families.
Psychiatry Advanced Trainees will, under supervision, provide expertise within a biopsychosocial and cultural framework to patients across the lifespan and from various backgrounds, including attending to the basic physical health needs of a patient when physical health concerns are present or related to the psychiatric condition or to the prescription of psychiatric medication.
Psychiatry Advanced Trainees undertake advanced level learning and elective clinical rotations in approved areas of practice as part of either a generalist or sub-specialty training stream and develop higher level professional competencies required to meet Fellowship requirements of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).
Selection Criteria * MBBS or equivalent and current general registration with the Medical Board of Australia, with a minimum of 4 (four) full year of postgraduate experience, including successful completion of Stages 1 and 2 of the RANZCP training program, with current status with the RANZCP as a Basic or Advanced Trainee and intent to obtain Fellowship of the RANZCP with a clear pathway to Fellowship.
- Demonstrate a child, adolescent and family-centred approach that is recovery-oriented and trauma- informed to deliver excellent evidence-based clinical care.
- Demonstrated high level communication skills, both verbal and written that adapts to the needs of a broad range of people, including children, adolescents, families, professional and non-professional colleagues.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, with high level conflict resolution skills in a high pressure and unpredictable environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous professional and educational development.
- Demonstrated high level ability to manage competing priorities to ensure the delivery and maintenance of high-quality care in a dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated understanding of clinical governance issues and commitment to participating in quality and safety improvement activities.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted driver's licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive . All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.
All NSW Health Category A workers are required to have received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.
Australian Work Rights
Please note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia, or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see
At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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For role related queries or questions contact Pavan Bhandari at Pavan.Bhandari@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 24 March 2024
