Registrar | Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and St Vincent’s Mental Health

Job Description:

• Full Time Fixed Term Preston location

• Assess formulate and develop treatment plans across VAHS

• Develop and display an awareness and sensitivity to cultural

About the Role

Applications are invited for an advanced psychiatry registrar with a specific interest in Indigenous Mental Health. This is an accredited training position jointly held by the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and St Vincents Mental Health funded under the Federal Governments Specialist Training Program.

The position is based in the community at the Family Counselling Service of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and involves assessment investigation and treatment of a wide range of mental health issues.

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 contribute to the on-call roster at St Vincents Mental Health.

Classifications for this position will range from HM26 - HM30 ($136413 - $177622.12 pro rata per annum) salary sacrifice and excluding super

Duties

• Assess formulate and develop treatment plans for patients treated at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (Family Counselling Service) under the supervision of the consultant psychiatrist and for patients admitted to St Vincents Mental Health.

• Liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team including Aboriginal Health Workers on the formulation and delivery of the treatment plan.

• Develop and display an awareness and sensitivity to cultural social and historical factors which may contribute to presentations. Integration of this awareness and sensitivity into the treatment plan.

Your Contribution

• Bachelor Medicine Bachelor Surgery or equivalent

• Registration with the AHPRA or eligibility for general registration

• Registration as a medication prescriber

• Commitment to the Values and Health Care Philosophy of SVHM

• National Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)

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

• 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 as well as statewide mental health services including BETRS VDDS and VTMH.

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.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks including relevant immunisations.

How to Apply

To apply click the Apply button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter.

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We encourage you to apply early as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be found.

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For further information please contact:

Dr Kah-Seong Loke

Consultant Psychiatrist

VAHS Family Counselling Service

238-250 Plenty Rd Preston VIC 3072

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