Registrar | Psychosocial Oncology
Registrar | Psychosocial Oncology
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Job Description
Job Description:
Fitzroy and Kew locations
Full time fixed term position
Successful applicant contributes to the on-call roster at St Vincents Mental Health
About the Role
St Vincents Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic and committed psychiatric registrar wishing to undertake education and training in providing psychosocial care in oncology and palliative care settings. There are substantial consultation and liaison components within various tumour streams and palliative care providing a true Consultation-Liaison experience. A small clinically relevant research project will form part of the training that could count towards the RANZCP CL Certificate. The appointee will be part of a growing team which provides clinical service delivery education and training staff support quality monitoring and improvement and research in this important area. The position is accredited by the VPTC for advanced training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
In addition to clinical supervision from on-site consultant psychiatrists and joining a multidisciplinary cross-cultural health team the position is supported by an extensive academic and educational program offered by St Vincents Mental Health.
There is an expectation that the successful applicant contributes to the on-call roster at St Vincents Mental Health.
Your Contribution
Bachelor Medicine Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
Registration as a medication prescriber
Current National criminal history check or willing to obtain one
What We Can Offer You
Salary Packaging Increase your take home pay!
Culture of Continuous Improvement
Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
Located in Fitzroy with CBD and Gertrude St at our doorstep
Available Trams for our Fitzroy Campus
Fitzroy Main building only 500m from Parliament Station
SVHM Cultural Diversity programs offering staff support and education
Talk to me application - facilitate better conversations with patients and residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Confidential solutions-focused employee counselling
About the Mental Health Department at St Vincents Hospital
St. Vincents Mental Health (SVMH) emphasizes strengths and recovery opportunities for individuals experiencing mental health issues and illness. In doing so we acknowledge cultural diversity and recognize the role of psychosocial vulnerability and trauma but aim to foster a spirit of resilience which sees the individual driving their recovery professionally supported by their treating team. St Vincents mental health includes an adult area mental health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara.
St Vincents trainees have access to a wealth of specialist experiences including dual diagnosis aboriginal mental health psychiatry of trauma psychotherapy perinatal psychiatry psycho-oncology consultation liaison psychiatry psychiatry of old age and forensic psychiatry. Trainees are rotated to Austin and Eastern Health or to a new private rotation at Gertrude Street Clinic for their child and adolescent mental health experience.
Working at St Vincents
St Vincents Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy Kew and Truganina sites.
We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people with disability neurodiverse individuals LGBTQIA and people of all ages cultures and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.
Together we celebrate our values of Compassion Justice Integrity and Excellence making SVHM a unique safe and welcoming place to work.
Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks including relevant immunisations.
How to Apply
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application and provide three referee reports.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.
Further information please contact:Dr Justin Dwyer
Closing Date:
11 July 2025 11:59pmReconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincents 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.
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View Reconciliation Action Plan
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Employment Type
Full-Time
