Staff Specialist – Emergency Psychiatry
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Job Summary
Job Description:
Position Title: Staff Specialist Emergency Psychiatry
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Hours per week: 1.0 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:
This Staff Specialist position will work within the Emergency Psychiatry service at St Vincents Hospital Sydney. The incumbent will provide short-term clinical care to patients admitted to the Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre as well as consultation-liaison services to the Emergency Department (ED) and the Psychiatric Alcohol and Non-prescription Drug Assessment (PANDA) Unit. The service specialises in assessment of undifferentiated mental health presentations and crisis interventions for symptoms including suicidal ideation and attempts non-suicidal self-injury drug and alcohol intoxication and sequelae of overdose brief psychotic episodes and management of emotional dysregulation and behavioural disturbance. This position will work within and lead a multidisciplinary team to provide psychiatric assessment treatment care planning and clinical oversight using person-centred recovery-oriented family/carer-inclusive and trauma-informed principles of care. There is capacity for the incumbent to work in other positions across the Mental Health and Homeless Health service on mutual agreement.
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) including via the Expedited Specialist Pathway; Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialists State Award and a MPsychiatryedicare provider number.
Demonstrated knowledge skills and high standards of clinical practice in Acute Psychiatry commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position. Experience and expertise in the provision of services in Emergency Psychiatry 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 contexts 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
This job advertisement will close 17 April 2026
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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