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Employment Type - Permanent Part Time

Hours per fortnight -28

Job Category -Medical - Specialist

Barwon Doctors

- Join a forward-looking service with a vision to be at the leading edge of psychiatric treatment
- Opportunities at all levels to advance your psychiatry career as we transform our services
- Work alongside a multidisciplinary team to deliver best practice care
- Permanent 0.4 FTE

About the Role

We currently have a permanent part-time opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Service, based at University Hospital Geelong (UHG).

Working as part of a highly experienced multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist psychiatric consultation and liaison across UHG, supporting consumers of all ages and working collaboratively with medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health teams. The service provides primary, secondary and tertiary consultation, contributes to collaborative care planning and ongoing mental health treatment, and provides specialist mental health advice and education to non-mental health clinicians across the hospital.

Our multidisciplinary C-L team includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Registrars, an Intern, C-L Nurses, dedicated Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Nurses, administrative support and a Team Manager. The breadth of clinical exposure provides an opportunity to work across diverse and complex presentations, with working arrangements and career opportunities that can support individual circumstances and professional goals.

Experience in, or a passion for child and adolescent psychiatry is highly desirable,



reflecting the C-L Service's work with consumers across the lifespan.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide specialist psychiatric leadership, consultation and clinical governance within the C-L Service, supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality and person-centred care across UHG
- Provide clinical supervision and education to Psychiatry Registrars and Junior Medical Staff, while contributing specialist mental health expertise and educational support to multidisciplinary hospital teams
- Contribute to collaborative care planning, quality assurance and quality improvement activities, and undertake relevant statutory responsibilities as a delegate of the Authorised Psychiatrist

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking a collaborative and clinically skilled psychiatrist who enjoys working across disciplines and brings sound judgement, leadership and a commitment to high-quality mental health care in the acute hospital setting. You will be comfortable managing a broad range of presentations and working collaboratively with consumers, families, carers and clinical teams.

- Essential: Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP), RANZCP accreditation as a supervisor, and appropriate specialist medical registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Desirable:



Advanced Certificate in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and/or demonstrated experience in a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry service. Experience in child and adolescent psychiatry will also be highly regarded

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.

- Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Attractive salary packaging benefits
- Living expenses capped at $9,010
- Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

- Working with Children Check (if applicable)

Contact person: Alison Taylor | Program Medical Director | AIS
Email: [email protected]

Internal applicants:
If you are currently employed at Barwon Health, please ensure you sign in via theemployeelogin on the external careers page or access the careers page through One Point (intranet) before applying.

Shortlisting maycommenceprior to the closing date - early applications are encouraged.

Barwon Health does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Candidates must apply directly through the official recruitment portal.

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