This busy and comprehensivel Sydney mental health service is seeking to recruit a number of Consultant Psychiatrists with interests in General Adult Psychiatry.
These posts are within the Adult Inpatient Units and/or in Community Mental Health Services. Either way, as a senior medical practitioner, you will lead clinical care, mentor and support junior staff, whilst contributing the service's culture of excellence in an iconic part of Sydney.
About the Mental Health Service
- Major metropolitan comprehensive mental health service
- Includes a 28-bed acute unit.
- 5-bed rehab unit.
- Community Service providing specialised care and acute care support.
- Liaison and integration with a 350+ bed hospital.
- Lots of registrar and advanced trainee support.
Community highlights
- Location allows to live Outside of Sydney, South Sydney, Eastern suburbs, Western suburbs and CBD (just 25km away).
- Lots of choice in private schooling and partner career opportunities.
- Sydney is home to 6 major, world class universities.
- Medium to long term access to lucrative private practice demographics and system.
- Access to famous eastern suburb and southern suburb beaches, waterways and inlets.
- Access to to national parks like Jervis Bay.
- Multicultural communities.
- High quality of life.
- Everything you could wish for when you live in a world class city.
- Amazing cafes, restaurants, world cuisines.
- Easy access to the international (new) and existing domestic airport.
- Access to Sydney'
Job Scope
You will report to the Clinical Director and your responsibilities include but are not limited to
- Providing expert assessment and treatment for patients using a patient and family-centered approach.
- Provide clinical and behavourial leadership.
- Participating in quality improvement activities and projects, morbidity and mortality meetings etc.
- Supervising and teaching junior medical staff and psychiatry advanced trainees
- Actively participating in and encouraging research activities within the department.
- Participating in the on-call roster.
Selection Criteria
- Current or eligibility for registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA).
- FRANZCP or equivalent specialist recognition. If you are UK or Irish trained and/or already assessed via RANZCP accelerated pathway or the ESP, or trained elsewhere with a RANZCP outcome of substantially comparable, then you will be highly regarded in the application process.
- Proven experience in providing high-quality psychiatric services and participation in quality improvement activities.
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- First class collaboration and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and communicate empathetically with patients and carers.
Contact us now to discuss these rare opportunities!
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