? Coordinate psychiatry education and training across a diverse NSW network

? Support trainees across metropolitan, regional and rural NSW

? Shape the development of the future psychiatry workforce

Coordinate education, recruitment and accreditation across a diverse psychiatry network and help develop the future mental health workforce.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 1

Remuneration: $91,326 – $121,497 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Location: Cumberland

Where you'll be working

Join the Sydney West and Greater Southern (SWAGS) Psychiatry Training Network and play a key role in supporting a large and diverse psychiatry training network spanning metropolitan, regional and rural NSW.

Based at Cumberland Hospital, part of Western Sydney Local Health District, you’ll work alongside the Director of Training and Site Coordinators of Training across a unique network of LHDs, NGOs and private services. Cumberland Hospital is NSW’s largest and Australia’s oldest mental health facility, with a proud history of delivering innovative, respectful and high-quality mental health care.

- Be part of a specialist mental health service committed to innovation, collaboration and professional growth.

- Work across a broad network of healthcare organisations and services supporting psychiatry training.

- Build strong relationships with clinicians, educators, trainees and senior stakeholders across NSW.

- Contribute to a training environment focused on quality, continuous improvement and RANZCP standards.

- Grow your career within Western Sydney Local Health District and a workforce committed to the NSW Health CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

What you'll be doing

This is a diverse and challenging role where no two days are the same. You’ll use your exceptional organisation, communication and problem-solving skills to coordinate the delivery of a complex psychiatry training program and ensure trainees receive a high-quality, well-supported training experience.

- Coordinate trainee rotations, education programs,



recruitment activities and accreditation requirements across the network.

- Manage complex trainee, workforce and supervision data, ensuring information is accurate, current and readily available for reporting and governance.

- Coordinate education activities including lectures, grand rounds, journal clubs, workshops and examination preparation programs.

- Support Network Governance Committees, RANZCP accreditation activities and reporting requirements, ensuring recommendations and training standards are effectively managed.

- Respond to emerging trainee needs, navigate competing priorities and work collaboratively with stakeholders to continually improve the training program.

Ready to make an impact?

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy solving problems, managing competing priorities and building strong professional relationships, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the development of the future psychiatry workforce.

Bring your organisational expertise, initiative and passion for education to Western Sydney Local Health District and help create a high-quality training experience for the next generation of psychiatrists. Apply now and be part of a network that is shaping the future of mental health care across NSW.

How to Apply

Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

1. Experience in and broad knowledge of the NSW healthcare system, particularly as it applies to postgraduate medical education and training.

2. Experience with formal committee processes and provision of secretariat support. Excellent oral and written communication skills,



including the capacity to prepare high quality reports, briefings, submissions, business cases and correspondence

3. Demonstrated analytical skills, both verbal and quantitative.

4. Strong personal organisational skills and proven experience in the management of complex projects and multiple tasks in a timely manner and to meet assigned deadlines.

5. Experience in the coordination, management, development and evaluation of education programs.

6. Ability to work as an effective member of a team in a high pressure, high volume work environment. Current driver’s license and ability to undertake some rural travel.

7. Capacity to work with minimum direction, and undertake a diverse range of tasks relating to the management of an educational training program

8. Capacity to maintain and/or set up relevant databases and financial records. Effective skills in office systems, including word processing, Microsoft Access database, and spreadsheet packages to provide high level administrative support.

Requisition ID: REQ688083

Applications Close: 22nd September 2026

Need more information ?

- Find out more about applying for this position.

- Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.

- Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.

- For inquiries about the role, contact A/Prof Anoop Sankaranarayanan at [email protected]

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ .

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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