Unaccredited Psychiatry Registrar

About the role

Albury Wodonga Health's Mental Health Service provides specialist clinical assessment, treatment and ongoing care to people with, or at risk of, serious mental illness or suicide, using a person-centred, recovery-focused model. The Unaccredited Psychiatry Registrar provides direct clinical services to consumers in acute inpatient, departmental, residential/sub-acute or community settings, working as a team member within the Mental Health and Wellbeing Service and supporting other hospital units such as the Emergency Department, under the supervision of specialist psychiatrists.

Key responsibilities

• Provide person-centred, trauma-informed, gender-sensitive and culturally informed care, and give clinical supervision and treatment to consumers under care.
• Take comprehensive histories and perform mental state and physical examinations, and construct diagnostic formulations and management plans.
• Obtain corroborative histories from families and previous providers, discuss assessments with families, and record clinical information accurately.
• Prepare discharge summaries and present cases to supervisors.
• Participate in teaching, training and supervision sessions, and contribute to local psychiatry education and accreditation work groups.
• Deliver education to staff, community and lay groups and medical students.
• Work on-call and out of hours as required, and act as responsible for the assessment, investigation, treatment and review of acutely admitted consumers.

Required profile

• Commitment to ongoing education and professional development, including recognised training programs.
• Compliance with the Mental Health Act, National Standards for Mental Health Services and ACHS EQuIP Standards.
• High standards of care and willingness to take on-call and out of hours duties.

What we offer

• Induction and training, rewards and benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Salary and terms in line with the relevant state EBA or Award.

Appointments depend on satisfactory pre-employment checks, including criminal record and working with children checks. Applications are reviewed daily and suitably qualified candidates are interviewed.