Consultant Psychiatrist - Adolescent Inpatient Unit/Eating Disorders

• Make an impact in supporting the mental health of young people, their families and carers
• Join a multidisciplinary team of highly passionate and collaborative mental health professionals
• Permanent part time (28 hours per week) fractional opportunity available from October 2024

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 state-wide. 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 services

Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) 

ICYMHS is part of the Mental Health division at Austin Health. Multiple teams provide specialised service to the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne (local government areas of Banyule, Nillumbik, Darebin, Whittlesea, Yarra and Boroondara). Young people eligible for the service are 0 to 25 years in line with Royal Commission recommendations.

Marian Drummond Adolescent Unit

The Marian Drummond Adolescent Unit (Inpatient Service for teenagers 13-17 years) is an 11-bed unit, which provides assessment and treatment to teenagers who require more intensive treatment than can be offered in an outpatient setting. The unit has a dynamic and caring staff focusing on helping adolescents and their families at times of crisis and need. The unit has a catchment area covering the six local government areas serviced by Austin Health’s ICYMHS, as well as rural areas serviced by Bendigo ICYMHS and Mildura CAMHS.

Specialist Eating Disorders Service (SEDS) 

SEDS is a multidisciplinary clinical team that is responsible for direct provision of specialised eating disorders care in outpatient settings including intake, triage, waitlist management, assessment and treatment, in partnership with regional community ICYMHS teams. SEDS provides clinical support and guidance to ICYMHS case managers for eating disorders cases, as well as liaising with acute medical and mental health inpatient staff to support treatment and discharge planning for consumers admitted to inpatient units. The SEDS team leads coordination of eating disorders care, including case reviews, the eating disorders registry and service-level monitoring and evaluation. 

About the role

As the Consultant Psychiatrist, Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit/Eating Disorders, you will be required to provide comprehensive and high-quality evidence-based psychiatric services to young consumers and their families or support networks in the Inpatient and Specialist Eating Disorders Service Teams.

About you

To be successful in this role, you must: 

• Be a registered Medical Practitioner in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Hold a Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent post graduate specialist qualification.
• Hold a RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent. Psychiatrists with significant experience in Youth Psychiatry will be considered for the role focused on young people aged 12-25 years.
• Have detailed knowledge of the triage and access systems to tertiary mental health services.
• Demonstrate experience with a variety of liaison psychiatry settings, including in-reach to the emergency department where indicated.
• Demonstrate a commitment to high-quality patient care.
• Demonstrate a commitment to working as a team member with peer medical, junior medical, nursing and other clinical staff to provide efficient, safe and quality care across the continuum, and
• Demonstrate a commitment to teaching, training and research.

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. 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: Campbell Thorpe (Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director ICYMHS) at Campbell.Thorpe@austin.org.au

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

Application closing date: 31 October 2024