TITLE: CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST - COMMUNITY

Requisition ID: 3094
Location:Ringwood East, VIC, AU, 3135
Job Posting Date: 19 Mar 2025
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GOOD TO KNOW:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application

ABOUT THE ROLE

Working in close collaboration with both the Clinical Director and Associate Program Director of the site as well as other senior medical staff and managers, the Consultant Psychiatrist (CP) is responsible for providing leadership, management, development, implementation and delivery of a range of adult community mental health care models to ensure that Eastern Health meets legislative requirements and health service agreements negotiated with the Department of Health and Human Services as well as the strategic initiatives, model of care as well as other mental health care service provision packages as developed over time across the Eastern Health catchment.

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Contact Person: Dr Jeremy Couper
Contact Number: 9895 4959
Contact Email: Jeremy.couper@easternhealth.org.au
Job Posting End Date: 23/4/2025

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Must be a registered medical practitioner with AHPRA, be in good standing and hold the appropriate specialist registration
• Tertiary qualifications as evidenced by Fellowship of the appropriate professional college eg FRANZCP or equivalent
• Not be subject to any conditions preventing employment at Eastern Health
• Excellent verbal, written and EMR communication skills
• Demonstrate understanding of Recovery Oriented Practice in the field of mental health
• Demonstrate understanding of mental health legislation and statutory requirements
• Demonstrated experience and competence in teaching and education in clinical psychiatry and supervision of clinical practice.
• Have a valid driver’s licence
• Be able to participate in the on-call and recall rosters for afterhours work
• Be available to participate on the ECT roster and hold the appropriate certificate of training and competence in ECT
• Agree to uphold the terms and conditions of employment at Eastern Healt