Opportunities exist for Psychiatrists to be part of the Child and Youth Mental Health Team within the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service, Northern Sydney Local Health District.
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Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Contract Type: Sessional
Duration: Quinquennium ending 30 June 2030
Who we are : We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients,
employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The teams cover community child & adolescent psychiatry up to the age of 18, across CYMHS sector, at Brookvale, Hornsby early psychosis (16-24 years), and an innovative assertive outreach child & adolescent team at various locations in Northern Sydney. These teams are dynamic, well-established and offer a variety of therapeutic community-based interventions for children, adolescents, youth, and their families. The community team also has links to Northern Beaches Lower North Show, Hornsby Hospitals, providing consultation to short-stay and paediatric wards. There are flexible arrangements with full time and part time opportunities for successful applicants.
Core clinical services include CYMHS Community Mental Health services, and a 12 bedded inpatient unit.
The successful applicants will have the opportunity to provide psychiatric leadership to the teams through direct clinical care, offering consultation and teaching, as well as the opportunity to further research interests and partaking in the child & adolescent on-call roster.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

You will provide clinical management and treatment of patients under your care in a Northern Sydney Local Health District facility or service. This care will be provided within the scope of clinical practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee.
The position will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of
medical students, graduates and other health care professionals and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within NSLHD.
The position holder will provide consultation, assessment and management to community-based children, adolescents, youth and their families.