- Fitzroy location, possible rotations to East Melbourne and Hawthorn
- Work for one of Australia's leading hospital groups
- Full time fixed term – February 2025 – February 2026
- Listen to and actively involve consumers in all aspects of assessment and treatment, engaging with them from a supported decision making frame
- Closely liaise with carers and families – families and carers should be recognised, respected and supported as partners in providing support and care to consumers
- Assess, formulate and develop treatment plans for patients admitted to the inpatient unit or community under the supervision of the consultant psychiatrist.
- Support screening for and accessing treatment in relation to physical health comorbidities
- Liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team on the delivery of the treatment plan.
- Respect the leadership role and the varied other roles and responsibilities with a team.
- Engage in work which is recovery oriented, focused on maximizing decision making capacity and social participation.
- Comply with relevant legal requirements and organizational policies regarding health records and timely and accurate patient documentation and statistical data.
- Bachelor Medicine, Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
- Registration with the AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
- Registration as a medication prescriber
- Commitment to the Values and Health Care Philosophy of SVHM
- A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
- Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
- Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
- Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay
- Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
- Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
- Culture of continuous improvementWorking at St Vincent's
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application. Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced. 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).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.
Mental Health Service And Cover Registrar - Melbourne, Australia - St Vincent's Hospital
Description
Mental Health Service Registrar/Cover Registrar
About the Mental Health Department
St Vincent's is proud of its International reputation for delivery of Mental Health Services and the use of the 'Strengths Model' and its principles and includes a 44 bed adult acute inpatient , Continuing Care Teams; a Crisis Assessment Team, Homeless team, a PARC and Community Care Unit as well as state-wide services and support services.
About the Role
The service/cover registrar role makes it possible for a registrar considering psychiatry training to become familiar with the service across a range of different areas and subspecialties to grow their experience.
Psychiatry cover registrars cover the roles of registrars on night shift. Service registrars are allocated to a part of service in a non training role.
Cover registrars cover roles for a minimum of 2 weeks at a time. Where possible night shifts are rostered so that cover registrars have longer periods of time in particular roles..
Some positions are not covered because they are highly specialized and cannot
pragmatically be backfilled. These include roles such as the psychotherapy registrar role,
VAHS, VDDS, Gertrude St perinatal and Gertrude St CAMHS.
Cover registrars receive clinical supervision from the supervisor usually associated with the role they are rotating into. Usually cover registrars work in the cover registrar for a six month period and in another service position for the other six months of their appointment.
Junior registrars are supported by senior registrars in both inpatient and community settings.
There is an extensive academic and educational program available to Junior Medical Staff at St Vincent's Mental Health. St Vincent's has a particular commitment to providing a comprehensive training program which includes quality experience in psychotherapy (supported by our Head of Psychotherapy Training) and an active examination preparation program
Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($125, $173,290.00 per annum).
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