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- August 2027 Commencement
- Full time, fixed term opportunity
- Enterprise Agreement:Doctors in Training 2022 - 2026
- $129,048 - $177,622 + salary packaging + super

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Mental Health Division

Our Mental Health Division has a dynamic and friendly team with excellent academic, education and research programs. With a consultant body committed to registrar development, and with targeted education and mentoring opportunities, we have a reputation for successfully supporting registrars to progress through the RANZCP Fellowship Program and multiple advanced training certificates.

As one of the largest mental health services in Victoria, Austin Health’s Mental Health Divisionis able toprovide senior trainees with a comprehensive training experience, with access to a range of subspecialty programs among the broadest in Victoria.

About the role

An exciting prospect currently exists for enthusiastic Advanced Trainees in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to join the Mental Health Division.This role is suited to Psychiatry Registrars who havecommenced, or who are about tocommence, the RANZCP Advanced Training Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

- Employment status: Fixed term,



full-time
- Appointment period: Until expected completion of RANZCP Fellowship (up to 2 years equivalent full-time)
- Commencement date: August 2027

The Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Service offers broad and subspecialised training experiences – and continues to grow. Advanced trainees can access unique training opportunities in a range of services, including:

- Inpatient programs for children and adolescents
- A statewide residential program for children and families – one of only two in Australia
- Brand new Youth-PARC facility opening in August 2025
- Community programs, including specialist child community teams
- Opportunities in consultation-liaison and emergency mental health
- Specialty assessment teams for eating disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders

Austin Health trainees can also look forward to a collegiate,inclusiveand supportive environment, which values trainee welfare,developmentand training success. Trainees have support to access the required Child and Adolescent Psychiatry education program, and a dedicated consultant group keen to develop their senior trainees. Specific educational programs also exist for junior trainees and for RANZCP examination candidates, as well as opportunities to be involved for research,



medical studentteachingand service leadership.

About you

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

- Be a registered Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Be a Stage 3 Registrar in the RANZCP Fellowship Program, who hascommencedthe Advanced Training Certificate in Child and AdolescentPsychiatry, orintends to from the commencement date.
- Be able to work across our campuses in Heidelberg,Epping and Macleodandparticipatein our out-of-hours roster
- Be committed to high quality patient care
- Have excellent communication skills, with consumers,carersand colleagues
- Demonstrate capability and interest in learning,teachingand research

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Dr Hanna Cheng, Clinical Director Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at ***********@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

📌 Psychiatry Registrar (Melbourne)
🏢 Austin Health
📍 Melbourne