Position Title Consultant Psychiatrist - Child & Adolescent

Employment Status Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time

Location All Sites

Advertisement text • A unique opportunity to take on a senior role in the development and delivery of Victoria’s newest and most innovative Infant, Child and Youth Community Based Area Mental Health Service.
• Work within a collegiate environment to provide senior clinical care & leadership to our multi-disciplinary service that is committed to patient-centred, personal, safe, effective and connected care
• Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding locations
• Come and work in the most beautiful part of Melbourne!
• Classification: Up to Specialist Year 9 (HM41)*
Who We Are and What We Stand For
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.
We are proud to be leaders within the state of least restrictive care with the lowest rates of seclusion and use of the MHA whilst providing high quality care to our community.
What You Will Be Doing
We are seeking a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our newly developed Infant, Child and Youth Area Mental Health Service. This new Infant Child and Youth Service is being developed from the ground up and offers the unique opportunity to be a part of the leadership group developing a new, modern, evidence-based and person-centred service, without needing to work around pre-existing models and services.
As well as providing leadership within your team, you will contribute to the set up and development of this service, and support training for RANZCP registrars and other staff.
The position will work closely with the Dr Neil Coventry, our newly appointed Head of Infant, Child and Youth Psychiatry, and the senior leadership team, to plan, develop, implement and deliver a new community-based Infant Child and Youth Area Mental Health Service for Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. This will include intake and assessment services, community-based teams, a Youth PARC, and Youth inpatient beds. There will be no child or adolescent (under 16 years of age) beds in the model of care. You will help us to further high standards of clinical governance and leadership around Mental Health Act compliance, patient flow, service quality, and service improvement in the inpatient units.
The position will work closely with the appropriate managers of the Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health teams, and the broader mental health service, to ensure safe, effective, and cohesive multi-disciplinary care is delivered across the service.
We work within a collegiate environment to provide senior clinical care and leadership to our multi-disciplinary service that is committed to patient-centred, personal, safe, effective and connected care. You will become part of a strong culture of medical leadership within the multidisciplinary environment and supported to be part of a growing research and evidence generating approach to care.
This position would suit either someone with significant experience, or an appropriate candidate who was keen to grow and develop in this space, with support, training, and senior leadership supervision being available to support the successful applicant, as required.
What You Need
We anticipate you will:
• have Fellowship of the Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
• have membership of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or eligibility to join, and eligibility to supervise Stage 3 Trainees in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• be a Medical Practitioner with registration in Australia.
• have relevant Specialist experience with a track record and experience in clinical management.
• have an interest in Research (desirable).
What Next
Apply NOW!
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Additional Requirements
Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+ or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
*Please refer to salary circular for MEDICAL SPECIALISTS (VICTORIAN PUBLIC
HEALTH SECTOR) (AMA VICTORIA/ASMOF) (SINGLE INTEREST
EMPLOYERS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2022-2026 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.
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This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.

Selection Criteria Essential: Fellowship of the Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
Essential: Demonstrated working knowledge of the Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022.
Essential: Medical Practitioner Registered in Australia.
Essential: Relevant Specialist experience/qualification as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
Essential: Relevant track record and experience in clinical management.
Essential: Sound clinical knowledge, skills and experience in contemporary medical and evidence based practice.
Essential: Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
Essential: Patient safety and quality review knowledge and skills.
Desirable: Leadership, management and teaching skills.
Desirable: Interest in Research.

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