NSW Government

Basic Trainee

🔍 Statewide

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Psychiatry
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South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
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CAM28691 Requisition #

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration:  - 
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM28691

SESLHD manages the Sydney Metro part of the SESI Psychiatry Training Network that provides a complete Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) accredited program from Basic through to Proficient and completion of Advanced Training. 

Trainees rotate through mandatory terms in adult, child and adolescent and consultation-liaison psychiatry and have a choice of a broad range of additional placements including subspecialties as diverse as Old Age Psychiatry, Youth and Early Intervention, Forensic Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Private Hospitals, Peri-Natal Psychiatry and Intellectual Disability Mental Health. 

There are internationally respected professorial units to which trainees can be allocated, with specific terms available at the Black Dog Institute (mood disorders), the Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression –  CRUfAD (mood and anxiety disorders) and in Neuropsychiatry.
 

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘ exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it. 
Providing effective Mental Health services to patients under supervision, developing expertise in psychiatric practice in a complex clinical environment. Whilst undertaking learning and professional development activities with the aim of progressing to become a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). 

 
  1. MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category
  2. Completion of at least one, preferably two postgraduate medical years
  3. Demonstrates a commitment to the psychiatry training program
  4. Demonstrates evidence of good communication skills, both oral and written
  5. Demonstrates an ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skils, judgment and expertise
  6. Demonstrates teamwork, time management and problem solving skills as part of a multidisciplinary team
  7. Demonstrates professional behaviour towards staff, patients and carers
  8. Drivers Licence



 

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For role related queries or questions contact Alon Faingold on Alon.Faingold@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 28, May 2026

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