Registrar Psychosocial Cancer Care

Job Description:

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Challenging and rewarding work environment

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.

Classifications for this position will range from HM26 - HM30 ($136413.16 - $177622.12) pro rata for part-time.

What You will Bring

• Bachelor Medicine Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
• Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
• Current National criminal history check or willing to obtain
• Registration as a medication prescriber
• Commitment to the Values and Health Care Philosophy of SVHM

About the Mental Health Department

St. Vincents Mental Health (SVMH) emphasizes strengths and recovery opportunities for individuals experiencing mental health issues and 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.

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging Increase your take home pay!
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs offering staff support and education
• Confidential solutions-focused employee counselling

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

Please upload your resume cover letter addressed to Dr Dominika Baetens Director of Mental Health and contact details for two (2) referees.

For further information please contact:

Dr Rebecca Dang Consultant Psychiatrist Email: or Dr Susan Breen Consultant Psychiatrist Email:

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations(including flu vaccinations).

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.

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Closing Date:

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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