At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide compassionate care and leadership in community mental health services.
- Company: St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, a leading not-for-profit health organisation.
- Benefits: Generous salary packaging, career development, and work/life balance.
- Other info: Diversity and inclusion are core values; all backgrounds encouraged to apply.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in mental health while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Specialist registration with AHPRA and experience in Adult Psychiatry.
The predicted salary is between 69300 - 84700 $ per year.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours per week: 0.4 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 Vincent’s 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 Vincent’s include:
- Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Opportunity to access a wide range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
- Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life balance
About the role:
The Acute Care Service (Community Mental Health) provides short-term community-based clinical services to adult patients presenting with a broad range of mental illnesses and disorders. This position will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide psychiatric assessment, treatment, care planning and clinical oversight of allocated patients using harm-minimisation and recovery-based models of care. This position will act also as a senior clinician providing leadership in a multidisciplinary team. 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 Vincent's:
St Vincent's 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 Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.
Selection Criteria:
- Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s 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 Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialist’s State Award and possess, or are working towards possessing, the RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Psychiatry (or equivalent qualification); and a Medicare provider number
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Adult Psychiatry commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position
- Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a multidisciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient satisfaction and experience.
- 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 innovation to create a learning culture, 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 Michael Millard, Clinical Director of Mental Health.
Staff Specialist – Acute Care Service in Sydney employer: NSW Health
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises compassion and community service. Located in the vibrant Darlinghurst area, employees benefit from competitive pay, not-for-profit salary packaging, and flexible working arrangements, including two days of remote work each week. With a strong focus on professional growth, staff have access to study leave, scholarships, and wellness programs, making it a rewarding place to build a meaningful career in healthcare.
