Job Description:Position Title: Staff Specialist – Psychiatrist – Pathways to Community Living InitiativeEmployment Type: Permanent Part TimeHours per week: 0.4 FTEPosition Grade: Staff SpecialistSalary: As per the awardEnterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Staff Specialist Agreement ****Department Name: Mental HealthAbout us:St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community.
Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.Benefits of working at St Vincent's include:Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staffOpportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programsSupported post graduate opportunities within applicable fieldsCareer development opportunities across the St Vincent's Health Australia NetworkEmployee Assistance ProgramWork/Life balanceundefinedAbout the role:The Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI) was established to support the transition of long-staymental health patients into appropriate community-based living and services.
PCLI's aim is to transition longstaypatients - or those at risk of long stays - who experience very complex mental health issues back into thecommunity and create a practice change in inpatient and community services across NSW to decrease thenumber and length of long stay admissions.
This position will work within a multidisciplinary team to providepsychiatric consultation, treatment, care planning and clinical oversight of patients referred to the PCLI teamusing person-centred, recovery-oriented,



family/carer-inclusive and trauma-informed principles of care.Collaborative engagement with other clinicians will be crucial in influencing practice change across the mentalhealth service.
This position will act also as a senior clinician providing leadership within the multidisciplinaryteam.Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for.
We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD****_022) or subsequent revisions in force.
Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.Application Instructions:To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the 'Selection Criteria' as below.
Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent's Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.Selection Criteria:Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent's Health Australia.Possess, or be eligible to possess,



specialist registration with the Australian Health PractitionerRegulation Agency (AHPRA), Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College ofundefinedDemonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Adult PsychiatryundefinedDemonstrated expertise and commitment to person-centred, recovery-oriented, family/carer-inclusive and trauma-informed principles of care.Demonstrated ability to lead and work in cooperative interprofessional contexts that include lived experience professions to support the delivery of an effective, high quality mental health service.Demonstrated commitment to teaching and supervision of specialist trainees, junior medical officers and medical students and non-medical colleagues.Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster innovation to create a learning culture, with proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes.Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of newknowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment.For more information, please contact Dr Michael Millard, Clinical Director of Mental Health - Michael ****** a copy of the position description, please email ****** Action Plan:At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees.
As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.For further information, visit or get in contact at ******
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📌 Staff Specialist – Psychiatrist – Pathways To Community Living Initiative (New South Wales)
🏢 St Vincent's Health Australia
📍 New South Wales