Consultant Psychiatrist - Child & Youth Access
- Make an impact in supporting the mental health of young people, their families and carers
- Join a multidisciplinary team of highly passionate, supportive and collaborative mental health professionals
- Permanent part time (10.5 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 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.
About the role
As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide leadership and clinical governance to the front-end services for children and youth in the Mental Health Division at Austin Health. You will also play a pivotal role in linking the ICYMHS service and with general Consultation Psychiatrist Liaison services at Austin Health to the Emergency Department.
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 an interest in access, frontline assessment and Liaison Psychiatry settings
- 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
- Demonstrate a commitment to teaching, training 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, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
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
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Application closing date: 11 November 2024
