Staff Specialist Psychiatrist
Staff Specialist Psychiatrist
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Job Description
Your role at St John of God Langmore Centre
You will Provide professional specialist psychiatric services including comprehensive consultation and continuing care of patients requiring inpatient day patient and outpatient services.
This opportunity is being offered on a fixed term full time basis.
The Position
Formulate a management plan for the patient in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team appropriate to the level of risk and presenting problems
Consult and collaborate with colleagues and other health professionals regarding management including general practitioners family and carers
Manage psychiatric emergencies in accordance with standard procedures and within the legal framework of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act
Participate and provide clinical leadership in effective discharge of inpatients either from the services or to appropriate ongoing management programs
Ensure quality and standards of care are met within own clinical practice and patient care reflects best practice guidelines and is evidence based
Participate in risk management and quality programs including reporting of incidents Root Cause Analysis (RCAs) and M&M meetings clinical audit meetings
Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations policies and procedures
Utilise appropriate information systems to enable informed decisionmaking and care planning.
Communicate with the staff and clinicians across all disciplines
Ensure timely completion of medical records for patients under own care including the completion of a final discharge summaries within 24 hours of discharge
Engage in weekly case conference in person or via telephone during business hours.
Complete documentation for health funds insurance companies as per the agency specifies.
Liaise with external care providers as required to provide a safe transfer of care
Langmore Policy is 24 hours. Chief psychiatrist states as soon as practicable ideally within48hrs)
You will be Current specialist medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia And a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
You will have demonstrated substantial clinical experience in the management of high acuity patients in a complex hospital environment and ability to implement sustainable change to improve patient safety and reduce unnecessary delays in patient management.
Above all people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.
The Benefits
A welcoming and supportive culture
Highly competitive salary and entitlements $325215 per annum plus 11.5 superannuation
Fixedterm term full time
Competitive Continuous Medical Education support
Generous oncall allowance
Salary packaging up to $18550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage rent meal entertainment holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
Novated leasing
Work related expenses.
selfeducation and
additional superannuation
A healthy worklife balance through flexible work options additional purchased leave and wellbeing programs
Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Innovative Professional Development opportunities
* All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two 2 pages) demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role
For enquiries contact Shelley Cooper Director of Clinical Services Jonathan Barrett Director of Medical Services ph.
At St John of God Health Care we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse ensuring their safety and wellbeing.
Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure welcoming and accessible and unified through our diverse community.
All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
