The Role An opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Mental Health Department at this leading regional facility. The Mental Health Service is a complex service that provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment area in Victoria. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service provides services to patients from birth to 17 years, the Youth Team covers ages 18 to 24 years, Adult Services cover patients from 25 to 64 years and the Older Person’s Service manages those individuals over 65 years old.
The Hospital This hospital is a known leader in regional health care and the city’s largest hospital, employing in excess of 4000 staff and providing services to a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. A 724-bed service, treating near 50,000 inpatients and comprising of 11 operating theatres where almost 15,000 surgical procedures are performed annually. Services include; emergency, maternity, women’s health, medical imaging, pathology, rehabilitation, community services, residential aged care, psychiatric care, community dental, hospice/palliative care, cardiology, cancer services and renal dialysis. This is an expanding regional health service offering the advantages of city life combined with the beauty and freedom that comes from living in a regional area where an emphasis is placed on combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. The Location The discovery of gold in the soils of this thriving regional city made it one of the most significant Victorian-era boomtowns in Australia. It has fantastic restaurants, shops, cultural precincts, sporting facilities and prestigious tertiary facilities making it a great city to call home. Located less than a two hour drive north of Melbourne, the area was admitted to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the Category of Gastronomy, for placing an importance of developing a sustainable food system in an era of climate change.
The Requirements Hold Specialist Registration with AHPRA as a FRANZCP. Psychiatrists who received their qualifications in a CA Pathway country with relevant experience will be considered.
For more information please click on apply now, call Allisha McKenzie on 0498 462 694, or email me your CV and I will call you [email protected]
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