Registrar Psychotherapy
Registrar Psychotherapy
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Job Description
Job Description:
February 2026 until January 2027
Participation in after-hours/on-call psychiatry registrar roster
Previous experience in Mental Health required
About the Role
Applications are invited for an advanced psychiatry registrar with a specific interest in psychotherapy to join the Psychotherapy Department at St Vincents Health Melbourne for a one year specialised training placement.
This is an accredited training position funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health under the Specialist Training Program. The Registrars clinical work takes place both in public settings within St Vincents Mental Health Service and in the private sector primarily at a psychotherapy-oriented clinic adjacent to St Vincents Hospital on Gertrude Street Fitzroy.
The registrar will be expected to deliver psychodynamic psychotherapy in each of the settings. It is anticipated that there will be opportunities for individual family and group psychotherapy. The registrar is encouraged to attend to formal educational opportunities on courses related to the development of specialist skills in the area of psychotherapy.
Expert supervision will be provided for each of the psychotherapeutic treatment modalities the registrar is engaged in and the registrar has the opportunity to participate in a rich array of reflective groups and topic seminars.
There is an expectation that the successful applicant contribute to the on-call roster at St Vincents Mental Health.
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
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 Hospital
St Vincents Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincents Health Australia and is a leading teaching research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services sub-acute care medical diagnostics rehabilitation allied health mental health palliative care correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australias leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers and is driven by values of Compassion Justice Integrity and Excellence.
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.
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.
We encourage you to apply early as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be found.
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*Respectfully no agencies*
For further information please contact:
Associate Professor Paul Cammell
Head of Psychotherapy Training
Closing Date:
8 August 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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Employment Type
Full-Time
