Staff Specialist - Psychiatry (PECC) – Hornsby

An opportunity to be part of the Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC) team in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Service located at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital is available.

Position Classification: Staff Specialist

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Hours Per Week: Up to 24

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.

About the Role: Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Service (HKMHS) provides a comprehensive range of community and inpatient mental health services for care for the consumers presenting with psychiatric emergencies of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai catchment area, as well as other sectors of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD). The position requires close liaison and consultation with the Emergency Department of the Hornsby hospital. The Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC) is co-located within the Emergency Department.

The position is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of:

• the care of consumers admitted to PECC including consumers age 14 and above in collaboration with CYMHS
• PECC clinical governance, clinical quality and safety and clinical key performance indicators
• implementation and evaluation of PECC clinical service plans and models of care
• providing effective leadership and liaison with colleagues in the Emergency Department to ensure effective mental health assessment and care in collaboration for all ED presentations
• ensuring strategic focus within ED to minimise negative outcomes in key areas such as AWOL, re-presentations to ED and ensuring comprehensive care planning for complex MH needs

Purpose of the Position: Provide clinical management and treatment of patients in a Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) facility under your care. This care will be provided within the scope of practice granted by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC). The position will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of medical students, graduates and other health care professionals and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within the district.

Selection Criteria:

• MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants must have Fellowship of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or recognition as a specialist by the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants expecting to be awarded their Fellowship within 3 months may be considered.
• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• Demonstrated experience in working as a senior clinician in acute psychiatry, general hospital psychiatry and community-based and inpatient settings, including experience in working with the NSW Mental Health Act 2007 (or equivalent legislation in other jurisdictions).
• Demonstrated ability to work as a leader of a multidisciplinary team across hospital and community settings.
• Proven high performance as an experienced clinician, with experience in management and leadership, and proven ability to work collaboratively with Emergency Department.
• Understanding of and commitment to the National, State and Local Health District strategic directions including commitment to a performance-based organisation.
• Experience in liaising and working closely with GPs, consumers and carers with demonstrated understanding of the recovery and care coordination models of care.
• Experience in teaching psychiatry to students, trainees and others and supervising trainees in psychiatry.
• Demonstrated interest in improvement of clinical governance of mental health services, including quality improvement methodologies, and a commitment to fostering this interest in medical staff and other clinicians.

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