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SalaryEmployment Type: Quinquennium ending 30 June 2027
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer in Psychiatry – Older Person Unit Blue Mountains
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ361127
How to apply
Your application is to be submitted through E-Credential ONLY. To apply please click this link,
Applications close on 27 December 2022 and must be received by midnight of the closing date.
Please refer to the for instructions on how to create a Clinician Profile and a list of mandatory requirements for all Senior Medical & Dental Officer applications. If you are experiencing any difficulties, please first refer to the User Guide attached to this advertisement. Alternatively, you can contact Senior Medical Workforce Unit on 4734 2501. For all enquiries relating to the position and its function, you must contact the designated contact person.
NSW Health Registered Medical Recruitment Agencies applying on behalf of a candidate (locally or overseas) must forward a current Curriculum Vitae via email to and include the Requisition ID and Agency Name as the subject.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified medical practitioners for the above position in Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. The position is primarily based in the community in the Blue Mountains and Lithgow working via centre at Lithgow, Katoomba, and Springwood. Successful applicants also participate in a District-wide after-hours roster.
This position provides timely and need-adapted care to older persons requiring specialist community-based mental health care. Successful applicants will contribute to team expertise across a range of therapeutic modalities and participate in key clinical decisions. The Mental Health Service aims “To be a proactive and responsive person-centered service which provides integrated care to each consumer, in the context of their family, support people and community; primarily, working together with our communities to improve mental health, promote recovery and prevent mental illness.”
The Mountains and the Plains of the LHD include metropolitan, rural, and semi-rural communities, many of which are situated within World Heritage natural environments with access to excellent amenities and transport.
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District actively encourages diversity and inclusion within the workforce. Applications are encouraged and welcome from people from all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with disability, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
Staff benefits include salary packaging, novated leasing, and access to wellbeing initiatives such as the Fitness Passport and the Get Healthy at Work program.
Together, Achieving Better Health
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
About Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
The Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District provides world-class clinical care, research, and innovation, and is committed to providing a workplace culture that values and promotes the growth of high performing teams and individuals. We are passionate about the work we do and are committed to improving the health of our local community and enhancing the experience of all our patients.
See why people like you join our local health district – and welcome to the family!
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- Possess or be eligible for: registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZP) or equivalent as provided for in the Health Insurance Act 1997; and Public Hospitals (Visiting Medical Officers Sessional Contracts) Determination 2014; current NSW driver’s licence. Demonstrated commitment to Continuing Professional Development and reflective practice.
- Demonstrated expertise and experience in providing effective, high quality mental health services in a psychiatry setting; demonstrated commitment to person-centered, recovery oriented, family inclusive, trauma informed and need adapted principles of care.
- Demonstrated ability to support and work in collaboratively interprofessional contexts that include lived-experience professionals; sound knowledge of psychiatry encompassing biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual domains. Expertise and experience relevant to the position.
- Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication ability including capacity to communicate clearly, inclusively, and respectfully. Word processing skills necessary to complete expert documentation.
- Demonstrated skill and commitment to the teaching and supervision of medical staff, non-medical colleagues, and students consistent with contemporary best practice; commitment to interprofessional learning.
- Qualities, attitudes, and articulated values consistent with a senior medical practitioner providing mental health care to consumers across the age span and their social networks; and evidence of high ethical and professional standards.
- Experience in or capacity for supporting quality improvement and clinical governance activities; and demonstrated commitment to high quality care provision in the public sector.
- Familiarity with and support of basic, clinical, and applied research activities relevant to the needs of the Mental Health Service and its staff and the ability to draw on values and research concepts in the appraisal of evidence, guidelines, and quality improvement activities.
Employees and Contractors must abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct.
The position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the office of the Children’s Guardian. For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of Children’s Guardian website:
Successful applicants will be required to obtain required vaccinations prior to commencing employment. Please click on the link for further information:
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To work for NSW Health, you need to be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold an appropriate work visa.
Need more information?
For role related queries or questions contact:
Dr Kristof Mikes-Liu, Medical Director Mental Health
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T: (02) 4734 4347 M: 0422 007 404
