Staff Specialist – Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD) – Anxiety Disorders Clinic

Job Description:

Position Title: Staff Specialist Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD) Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (12 months)
Hours per week: 0.6 FTE
Position Grade: Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Mental Health

About us:
St Vincents Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion excellence integrity and justice we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincents include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
• Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
• Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
• Career development opportunities across the St Vincents Health Australia Network
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/Life balance

About the role:

The Anxiety Disorders Clinic (ADC) provides specialist psychiatric diagnostic assessment and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based treatment programs to ambulatory patients with chronic anxiety depressive and related disorders. This position will also act as a senior clinician providing leadership and point of escalation for management of patients.

As part of the Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD) the ADC also supports the development and evaluation of clinically effective and cost-efficient treatment methods publishing and promoting research activities with the aim of broadening the knowledge base within the field. These additional functions are carried out in collaboration with other CRUfAD-related entities:

• This Way Up which provides digital content and internet-delivered CBT (iCBT) courses
• The Virtual Clinic which conducts and publishes research on CBT and iCBT treatment

This position will also act as a senior clinician providing leadership across CRUfAD-related entities the Anxiety Disorders Clinic This Way Up and The Virtual Clinic.

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincents:
St Vincents is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culturally diverse sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincents is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the Selection Criteria as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincents Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincents Health Australia.
• Possess or be eligible to possess specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealnad College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and a Medicare provider number.
• Demonstrated knowledge skills and high standards of clinical practice in the areas of anxiety disorders depressive disorders and cognitive behavioural therapy commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position. Experience and expertise in digital mental health is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise and commitment to person-centred recovery-oriented family/carer-inclusive and trauma-informed principles of care.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and work in collaborative interprofessional context that include lived-experience professions to support the delivery of an effective high quality mental health service.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching and supervision of specialist trainees junior medical officers and medical students and non-medical colleagues.
• Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster a culture of safety and learning with proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes.
• Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development dissemination and translation of new knowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment.

For more information please contact Dr Lyn Chiem

For a copy of the position description please email

The closing date for applications is 05 December 2025

Reconciliation 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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