Psychiatry Registrar (Stage 3) - Advanced Trainee Consultation - Liaison

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• Full time, fixed term between 3/2/2025 and 01/02/2026
• Enterprise Agreement:  Doctors in Training 2022 - 2026
• $125,900.00 - $173,290.00 + salary packaging + super

Austin Health is a major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We are world-renowned for research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health, and rehabilitation. Across our three campuses, we have a highly engaged, diverse, and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

We are seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced medical practitioners to commence as an Advanced Trainee in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry with us at Austin Health. Several positions are available, accredited with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Advanced Training Certificate program.

Dual-accredited Advanced Training positions, appropriate for the RANZCP Certificates of Advanced Training in Addiction Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or Psychiatry of Old Age are also available. Candidates undertaking these certificates may also apply.

Positions are available for commencement on 5 February 2025, with part-time options also available. For Advanced Trainees in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, fixed-term contracts will be provided until candidates are expected to achieve Fellowship (up to two years).

About Psychiatry Training at Austin Health

The Mental Health Division at Austin Health offers registrars a comprehensive training in psychiatry through a broad range of learning experiences, in a supportive and collegiate working environment.

The Advanced Trainee in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry has a range of learning opportunities available to them, including rotations with liaison relationships with the Statewide Spinal Rehabilitation and Liver Transplant Services, Austin’s Neurology and Renal Services, and oncology and palliative care services provided through the Oliva Newton-John Cancer Centre.  External secondments are also available to the Mercy Hospital for Women and Curran Place Perinatal Detoxification Service.  Specific training experiences also exist within the Consultation-Liaison service to work with young people, the elderly, and in addiction psychiatry. 

Austin Health is home to a neuropsychiatry service offering inpatient and community assessment and treatment to those living with neuropsychiatric disorders, their carers and professional supports.  Registrars can attend the Functional Neurology Clinic, a unique learning experience supported by Professor Richard Kanaan.  Opportunities for leadership exist within the team, ideal for registrars nearing Fellowship.

The successful candidate may access Austin Health’s many other training experiences outside of the Consultation-Liaison team, including in parent-infant mental health, eating disorders, and psychological trauma services, with external secondments also available to a range of private services. 

Austin Health trainees can expect a collegiate, inclusive, and supportive environment which values trainee welfare, development, and training success. Trainees may access the formal ANZ Consultation-Liaison education program, supported by senior medical staff, and other CL-relevant teaching programs. Specific educational programs exist for junior trainees and for RANZCP examination candidates, as well as opportunities to be involved for research, medical student teaching and service leadership.

To be successful in this role you must:

• Be an accredited Stage 3 Trainee in the RANZCP Fellowship Program, or a Specialist International Medical Graduate eligible for a RANZCP comparability placement.
• Be accepted into an RANZCP Advanced Training Certificate program, ideally in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Advanced Training Certificate candidates in Psychiatry of Old Age, Addiction Psychiatry or Child and Adolescent Psychiatry would also be considered.
• Have General Registration as an Australian Medical Practitioner with AHPRA
• Be committed to a career in Mental Health, and a particular interest in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, backed up with appropriate clinical experience and a record of excellent clinical care
• Commitment to professional development, with interest in research and education
• Have above-average skills as a communicator and collaborator, with the ability to develop and maintain supportive therapeutic and professional relationships.
• Recognise and value the diverse knowledge and experience of our consumers and carers.

Please see the attached position description for additional key selection criteria.

Advice for applicants

To apply, click ‘Apply Now’ and you will be directed to sign in or register through the Austin Health Careers Site. Please note you will be required to attach copies of the following to your online application:

• Cover letter
• Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Employment History Datasheet (upload as Selection Criteria Response)
• Passport-sized photograph
• Current Working with Children's Check (or application in process)
• Details of three recent, professional references.

In your application, please indicate any requirements you have regarding part-time work and/or availability date.

Austin Health is the ideal place to develop your career in Psychiatry. Join us!

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: Mark Vella, mark.vella@austin.org.au

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

Application closing date: 1 December 2024