Consultant Psychiatrist - Child & Youth Access Job posted: 17/10/2024 Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan Job type: Part time Organisation: Austin Health Occupation: Health and Allied Health Reference: 1276 Closes: 31/10/2024 Salary Range: $210 - $220 Work location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan 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 postgraduate 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 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.
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