Psychiatrist VMO Safeguards Child Adolescent Response Team - apply via e-credential
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- Specialist
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- REQ568071 Requisition #
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- 3 days ago Post Date
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Off
Requisition ID: REQ568071
Location: Broken Hill
How to apply
Your application is to be submitted through E-Credential ONLY. To apply please click this link:
https://myclinicalprofile.com.au/OpenPositionLogin.aspx?UniqueId=59da4044-89f0-458b-bd82-dc514974fa85
- Opportunity to work on the frontline to join a truly supportive team that is empowered to provide the ultimate patient experience
- Grow your career with us with support with ongoing learning and development.
Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.
We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!
What you'll be doingProvide specialist assessment and interventions for children and adolescents (0 to 17 years) and their families
Provide clinical leadership, participate in quality improvement activities and provide training and education to multidisciplinary clinicians of the CAMHS and Safeguards services to achieve quality education and safe clinical practice.
About the Far West LHD
The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities.
How to apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible:
- Eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist Psychiatrist and/or overseas trained specialist Psychiatrist eligible for the specialist pathway.
- Royal Australian and New Zealand Collage of Psychiatry Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Demonstrated recent clinical experience as a specialist child and adolescent Psychiatrist.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team.
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, research and quality improvement.
- Valid unrestricted drivers' licence for use in Australia and willingness to travel in the course of employment, including overnight stays as required.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Karen Chrisakis on Karen.Chrisakis@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 14th May 2025
Stepping Up
The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit:
https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Empower, listen and act together
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.
At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
