Staff Specialist – Older People's Mental Health Service

About the role

The Older People's Mental Health Service (OPMHS) provides integrated clinical services to older people in the catchment area of the St Vincent's Mental Health Service, including inpatient, consultation-liaison, hospital outpatient, community clinic and outreach services to older people at home and in residential aged care. This permanent part-time position (0.8 FTE) acts as a senior clinician within a multidisciplinary team, providing psychiatric assessment and treatment and offering clinical leadership in patient care, service improvement, innovation and evaluation. The incumbent may also work in other positions across the Mental Health and Homeless Health service on mutual agreement.

Required profile

• Specialist registration with AHPRA, Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or equivalent under the Staff Specialist award, and a Medicare provider number
• RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Psychiatry of Old Age (or equivalent) or working towards it
• Current immunity status complying with the NSW Health occupational screening and vaccination policy
• Commitment to the philosophy, mission and values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent's Health Australia

Required skills

• Knowledge and clinical practice in Psychiatry of Old Age, including electroconvulsive therapy
• Person-centred, recovery-oriented, family/carer-inclusive and trauma-informed care
• Leadership and collaborative interprofessional work, including with lived-experience professions
• Teaching and supervision of specialist trainees, junior medical officers, medical students and non-medical colleagues
• Service improvement, safety culture and dissemination of new knowledge in an academic teaching hospital setting

What we offer

• Salary as per the award, under the NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
• Salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
• Clinical and non-clinical education programs and supported postgraduate opportunities
• Career development across the St Vincent's Health Australia network and an Employee Assistance Program

Applicants must upload a current CV and a cover letter addressing the selection criteria. Internal applicants apply through their Workday account.