NBMLHD – Staff Specialist upto 0.5FTE / VMO Hours – Psychiatry – Safeguards Team - Child Youth and Family Mental Health - APPLY via eCredential

Selection Criteria

1. Possess or be eligible for: registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) or equivalent as provided by the Health Insurance Act 1997; Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; current NSW driver’s licence. Demonstrated commitment to Continuing Professional Development and reflective practice.
2. Demonstrated expertise and experience in providing effective, high quality mental health services in a psychiatry setting; demonstrated commitment to person-centered, recovery oriented, family inclusive, trauma informed and need adapted principles of care.
3. Demonstrated ability to support and work in collaboratively interprofessional contexts that include lived-experience professionals; sound knowledge of psychiatry encompassing biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual domains. Expertise and experience relevant to the position.
4. Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication ability including capacity to communicate clearly, inclusively, and respectfully. Word processing skills necessary to complete expert documentation.
5. Demonstrated skill and commitment to the teaching and supervision of medical staff, non-medical colleagues, and students consistent with contemporary best practice; commitment to interprofessional learning.
6. Qualities, attitudes, and articulated values consistent with a senior medical practitioner providing mental health care to consumers across the age span and their social networks; and evidence of high ethical and professional standards.
7. Experience in or capacity for supporting quality improvement and clinical governance activities; and demonstrated commitment to high quality care provision in the public sector.
8. Familiarity with and support of basic, clinical, and applied research activities relevant to the needs of the Mental Health Service and its staff and the ability to draw on values and research concepts in the appraisal of evidence, guidelines, and quality improvement activities.

Conditions of appointment are in accordance with the Health Services Act 1997, and Staff Specialists (State) Award.

Employees and Contractors must abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct.

The position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the office of the Children’s Guardian.  For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of Children’s Guardian website: https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/working-children-check

Successful applicants will be required to obtain required vaccinations prior to commencing employment. Please click on the link for further information:  https://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/Pages/doc.aspx?dn=PD2024_015

STAFF SPECIALIST - Position description, please click here

VISITING MEDICAL OFFICER - Position description please click here

To apply, you need to be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold an appropriate work visa. 
 
We respectfully request no agencies apply
 
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Enquiries
 
Medical related queries:

Dr Kristof Mikes-Liu, Medical Director Mental Health

E: kristof.mikes-liu@health.nsw.gov.au; M: 0422 007 404

Child Youth and Family - Mental Health related queries:

Marita Schwendler, Clinical Service Manager 

E: marita.schwendler@health.nsw.gov.au; M: 0428 330 847

Application information

All selection criteria must be addressed comprehensively in your application. Applications close on 09 November 2025. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date. All applications are to be submitted through eCredential.