Part Time Staff Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Purpose of Position

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional people, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

The Psychiatrist is responsible for providing clinical care to children and adolescents within St George Hospital & Health Services.  Clinical care shall be provided in accordance with current standards of clinical practice and with regard to the standards set by the SESLHD, AHPRA and RANZCP.

The Psychiatrist is responsible for providing clinical leadership for the service units to which they are attached. Other duties include supervision of junior medical staff (including psychiatry registrars and junior medical officers), training of psychiatry trainees in accordance with RANZCP or other appropriate requirements, teaching of medical students and other staff.

Seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership and clinical care to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (based in Caringbah and Hurstville) and to relevant patients of the Mental Health Unit and Paediatrics Ward of both The Sutherland Hospital Caringbah and St George Hospital Kogarah.

The successful applicant will also provide consultations for General Hospital In-Patients referred by the Consultant-Liaison Psychiatry Team.

Other duties include supervision of junior medical staff (including psychiatry registrars and junior medical officers), training of psychiatry trainees in accordance with RANZCP or other appropriate requirements, and the teaching of medical students and other staff.

This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand http://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/Pages/doc.aspx?dn=PD2018_009. Successful applicants to the role must provide certified documentation of vaccination history and pathology as part of the application documentation, and be certified as compliant before employment can commence.

Please complete your application via eRecruit together with a completed Medical Practice History Declaration available at the following link http://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/Employment/docs/MedicalPracticeHistory.doc and email your applications to [email protected] 

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce.  As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.  This includes, but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

Selection Criteria

1. Current registration or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). 2. Fellowship of the RANZCP and/or other specialist recognition as provided for in the Staff Specialist (State) Award. 3. Demonstrated sub-speciality expertise in child & adolescent mental health. 4. Demonstrated ability to deliver clinical services as an active member of a multidisciplinary team. 5. Demonstrated experience in teaching psychiatry to medical students and trainee psychiatrists. 6. Demonstrated understanding of quality improvement and clinical governance principles. 7. Demonstrated commitment to and participation in continuing medical education/professional development. 8. Hold or eligible for an unrestricted NSW driver’s licence, minimum Class C.