Trainee
🔍 Statewide
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- Psychiatry (Stage 1)
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- Northern Sydney Local Health District
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- CAM27765 Requisition #
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM27765
What you'll be doing
The role purpose is to provide effective specialist psychiatric health services to patients, under appropriate supervision, including patient assessment, making treatment decisions, performing procedures and maintaining adequate medical records; and to develop expertise in psychiatric practice, in a complex clinical environment with commitment to contemporary, therapeutic, ethical and cultural respectful practice.
The Northern Sydney Central Coast (NSCC) Psychiatry Training Network offers trainees comprehensive training in a range of RANZCP accredited training posts including all mandatory training requirements as per RANZCP on a rotation basis each term. Trainees are required to rotate through the terms as allocated by the Network (including rural term(s)). The NSCC network covers four Local Health Districts (LHD): Northern Sydney LHD, Central Coast LHD, Western NSW LHD and Far West LHD, and includes placements to Justice Health and other training posts (eg. private sector). Please note, network training posts are subject to change at any time.
This recruitment process is open to candidates who are eligible for registration for RANZCP accredited training and also current Stage 1, 2 or 3 RANZCP Trainees.
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrate empathy and support for patients, with a strong patient-centric and recovery-oriented approach that is responsive to understanding patient, family and carer needs.
- Demonstrated ability commensurate with level of training to provide timely, fluent, and tailored written and verbal communication that adapts to the needs of a diverse audience, including patient/s, families and carers, the broader community, and colleagues.
- Demonstrated ability commensurate with level of training to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, including the sharing of appropriate information internally and externally with key persons or services.
- Demonstrated ability commensurate with level of training to remain calm and act constructively especially when faced with high pressure situations, unpredictable environments, or significantly different points of view.
- Demonstrated commitment to continually developing knowledge and clinical skills through supervision and active participation in relevant training and professional development opportunities.
- Demonstrated ability commensurate with level of training, to initiate, prioritise, consult on, and develop plans for the delivery and maintenance of high-quality patient care in a dynamic context with multiple competing priorities.
- Demonstrated understanding of clinical governance and commitment to participation in activities that improve quality and safety.
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For role related queries or questions contact John Wardell on John.Wardell@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 02, January 2026
