Staff Specialist - Psychiatry - Consultation Liaison and PECC – North Shore Ryde Mental Health Service in St Leonards

An exciting opportunity exists for a psychiatrist to join the Psychiatric Emergency Care and Consultation Liaison Teams at North Shore Ryde Mental Health Service.

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Position Classification: Staff Specialist

Hours Per Week: up to 32

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.

Purpose of the Position: Provide integrated assessment and treatment of patients in Psychiatry Emergency Care (PECC) and Consultation Liaison services to Royal North Shore Hospital. Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary Mental Health teams in Emergency Department and PECC and will work with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure comprehensive mental health assessments on patients in a range of settings covered by general Consultation Liaison. This allows early identification of any underlying psychiatric or substance use disorder that may have contributed to injuries and illnesses to be identified and appropriately managed as well as identification and treatment of acute stress reactions and early identification and treatment for any emerging psychiatric conditions - e.g. post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or anxiety disorders.

The position will provide clinical 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 and will supervise a psychiatry registrar. You will provide clinical management and treatment of patients under your care in a Northern Sydney Local Health District facility or service. This care will be provided within the scope of clinical practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee.

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 and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or be eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist Psychiatrist and/or overseas trained substantial specialist pathways. Applicants expecting to be awarded their FRANZCP 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.
• Sound clinical knowledge in adult psychiatry demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position including evidence of participation in quality assurance activities relevant to the specialty.
• Demonstrated clinical, diagnostic and technical skills commensurate with functioning as an independent Psychiatrist Consultant including a demonstrated interest and experience in acute inpatient service and Consultation Liaison Psychiatry in general hospital settings.
• High level interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Demonstrated participation in and commitment to undergraduate, postgraduate, interdisciplinary teaching and education, including research, quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
• Preparedness to participate in any on-call service, including on-call rosters already existing or established.
• The capacity for involvement in education, training, supervision and liaison in Inpatient psychiatry & Consultation Liaison Psychiatry across a variety of professional disciplines and settings.

Need more information?

• The requirements of the position can be viewed via the Position Description.
• For assistance with your application please refer to the eCredential guide.

NSLHD uses the NSW Health Statewide Model Scopes of Clinical Practice. To view the Explanatory Document for this Specialty Details for the Scope of Clinical Practice specifically required for this position is provided in eCredential as part of the application process.

For role related queries or questions contact Dr James Baee on (02) 9462 9*** or email **********@health.nsw.gov.au.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

Applications Close: 15 November 2026

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