Child and Youth Advanced Trainee - 2025
Child and Youth Advanced Trainee - 2025
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Alfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery improvement research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne from ambulatory to inpatient and home and communitybased services.
Alfred Psychiatry is seeking applications from motivated psychiatry registrars who share The Alfreds values and wish to participate in the Psychiatry Registrar Training Program starting August2025.
Psychiatry Registrar (Stage 2)
Overview
Stage 2 trainees complete a mandatory six months in Liaison & Emergency (CL) psychiatry and a mandatory six months in CYMHS at The Alfred working in one of Victorias largest CL services with liaison attachments to HIVpsychiatry epilepsy trauma burns cystic fibrosis renal neurology oncology acquired brain injury and addictions units with further liaison attachments to several statewide subspecialties.
Teaching
An exam tutorial programme runs twiceyearly to prepare for the written examination and the OSCE exam.
All trainees have an individual psychotherapy psychiatrist supervisor to support them in completing the 40session Psychotherapy Written Case.
Psychiatry Registrar (Stage 3)
Advanced Training Certification can be commenced once a registrar enters Stage 3 of training.
Advanced Certificates on offer at The Alfred include:
- Generalist Training (automatic enrolment)
- Child and Adolescent
- Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
- Adult Psychiatry
- Psychiatry of Old Age
- Addiction Psychiatry
Adult/Generalist training boasts a large array of opportunities including:
- Private Practice Settings (e.g. Victoria Clinic Albert Road Clinic Epworth)
- Specialist Community Clinic placements (e.g. Homeless Team Mobile Support Team Navigations Team)
- Neuropsychiatry Rotations (e.g. Acquired Brain Injury Unit Neurostimulation through Epworth Victoria Clinic)
- Other opportunities (e.g. Crisis Assessment and Treatment Alfred Psychiatry Intensive Care Statewide Service (APICSS))
Other educational opportunities include:
- An annual CBT seminar programme
- Reading Group (seminal psychotherapeutic articles)
- Weekly Professorial Grand Round (a wide range of internal and external speakers)
- Fortnightly Journal Club
For further enquires please contact Dr Leo Chen (Director Psychiatry Registrar Training and Workforce) at or Laurina Van Tilburg at
Please include a cover letter and CV as part of your application.
Applications close: Monday 26 May 2025
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020 health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the departments risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Trainee
