Northern Sydney Local Health District is seeking an experienced Psychiatrist to lead the Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Service as Clinical Director.
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Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours Per Week: up to 32

The Clinical Director MHDA is responsible for the oversight of the processes of former, current and future care in NSLHD MHDA ensuring that there is an effective implementation of the MHDA Clinical Governance framework, aligned with NSLHD and NSWH policy/directives/guidelines. This includes review and implementation of service changes relevant to the Clinical Director’s role.
The Clinical Director MHDA is a Staff Specialist position providing high level leadership and mentoring for senior and junior medical staff (HMOs, VMOs, SSs, CMOs, RMOs, and JMOs), including the management of the HETI Psychiatry Network B Training in collaboration with the Director of Psychiatry Training.
The Clinical Director is also the professional head for seven Clinical Director positions across MHDA, the Macquarie University Clinical Placement Co-ordinator and the Academic Professor of Psychiatry.
The Clinical Director MHDA is also operationally responsible for the following positions across MHDA:
a. The Director of Psychiatry Training Centre (Network B)
b. Medical Workforce Manager
c. Executive Assistant to the Clinical Director MHDA
d. Project Managers related to enhancement funding for clinical purposes (currently the towards zero suicide in care initiative).
The Clinical Director is required to effectively liaise with NSWH and its Pillars in matters pertaining to MHDA clinical, and as required corporate, governance.
The Clinical Director is also required to contribute to the academic work of NSLHD MHDA in teaching and research by ensuring medical practice is contemporaneously evidence based and integrated across all clinical streams and services.
The Clinical Director as required will also deputise for the MHDA Director and participate on the NSLHD MHDA Executive on-call roster.