Advanced Trainee in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

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• Full time, fixed term opportunity
• Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training 2022 - 2026
• $129,048 - $177,622 + salary packaging + super

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About the Mental Health Division  

Our Mental Health Division has a dynamic and friendly team with excellent academic, education and research programs. With a consultant body committed to registrar development, and with targeted education and mentoring opportunities, we have a reputation for successfully supporting registrars to progress through the RANZCP Fellowship Program and multiple advanced training certificates.  

As one of the largest mental health services in Victoria, Austin Health’s Mental Health Division is able to provide senior trainees with a comprehensive training experience, with access to a range of subspecialty programs among the broadest in Victoria.   

About the role 

An exciting opportunity currently exists for enthusiastic Advanced Trainees in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry to join the Mental Health Division.  

• Hours per week: 43 hours per week  

• Employment status: Fixed term, full-time 

• Appointment period: Until expected completion of RANZCP Fellowship (up to 2 years equivalent full-time)  

• Commencement date: Positions available from August 2026 and February 2027.  

At Austin Health, Advanced Trainees in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry have a range of learning opportunities available to them.  These include unique opportunities in general consultation-liaison, including opportunities to develop liaison relationships with Austin Health’s many state-wide medical and surgical services, including the Liver Transplant Service, Epilepsy Service, Spinal Service and the Oliva Newton-John Cancer Centre.  Dual-accredited roles are also available, combining consultation-liaison training with child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and psychiatry of old age.  Austin Health is also home to a statewide neuropsychiatry service, offering inpatient and community support to sufferers of neuropsychiatric and somatoform disorders. Finally, external secondments are also available to the Mercy Hospital for Women, providing experience in a parent-infant context.    

Advanced trainees also have access to Austin Health’s many other psychiatry training experiences during non-core rotations, including specialist eating disorder services, private psychiatry and in our statewide Psychological Trauma Recovery Service.   

Austin Health trainees can also look forward to a collegiate, inclusive and supportive environment, which values trainee welfare, development and training success. Trainees have access to the required Consultation-Liaison education program, supported by senior medical staff, and the co-located University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry. Specific educational programs are also available for RANZCP examination candidates, as well as opportunities for senior registrars to be involved for research, medical student teaching and service leadership.  

About you 

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Be a registered Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA),  

• Be a Stage 3 Registrar in the RANZCP Fellowship Program, who has commenced the Advanced Training Certificate in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, or intends to from the commencement date,  

• Be able to work across our campuses in Heidelberg, and participate in our out-of-hours roster,  

• Be committed to high quality patient care,  

• Have excellent communication skills, with consumers, carers and colleagues,  

• Demonstrate capability and interest in learning, teaching and research.  

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, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation. 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. 
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options. 
• Mentoring and career development opportunities. 

Work with us! 

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. 

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, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Dr Carolyn Breadon, Clinical Lead, Consultation Liaison at Carolyn.Breadon@austin.org.au or Dr Ben Newham, Psychiatry Training Coordinator at  Ben.Newham@austin.org.au.

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details. 

Application closing date: Friday 15 May 2026