NBMLHD – Nepean Hospital - Staff Specialist- Psychiatry 0.7 FTE – Consultation LiaisonNepean Blue Mountains Local Health DistrictREQ533398How to applyYour application is to be submitted through E-Credential ONLY.Applications close on 24 November 2024 and must be received by midnight of the closing date.Please refer to the Application Guide for instructions on how to create a Clinician Profile and a list of mandatory requirements for all Senior Medical & Dental Officer applications. If you are experiencing any difficulties, please first refer to the User Guide attached to this advertisement. Alternatively, you can contact Senior Medical Workforce Unit on 4734 2281. For all enquiries relating to the position and its function, you must contact the designated contact person.Applications are invited from suitably qualified medical practitioners for the above position with Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. The position will be primarily located at Nepean Hospital within the Department of Mental Health but provides a service across the Nepean Hospital campus. The Mental Health Service actively encourages diversity and inclusion within the workforce and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people with lived experience of mental health concerns, and people of mature age.Successful applicants will draw on a biopsychosocial cultural and spiritual frame and work with an interdisciplinary team to provide care to consumers who present to physical health/general hospital settings with mental health concerns. Activities include assessment, care recommendations, support of the primary team and stakeholder engagement, and disposition planning. Candidates should possess or demonstrate that they are working toward the CL Advance Training.The number of sessions will be based on 0.7FTE over a two-week period and appointees will be required to participate in the consultant on-call roster. Session allocation will consider service need. Appointees may be eligible for credentialing and privileging across all other facilities in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.Together, Achieving Better HealthNepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community.About Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health DistrictThe Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District provides world-class clinical care, research, and innovation, and is committed to providing a workplace culture that values and promotes the growth of high performing teams and individuals. We are passionate about the work we do and are committed to improving the health of our local community and enhancing the experience of all our patients.Possess or be eligible for: registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZP) or equivalent as provided for in the Health Services Act 1997, and the Staff Specialist (State) Award; current NSW driver's licence. Demonstrated commitment to Continuing Professional Development and reflective practice.Demonstrated expertise and experience in providing effective, high quality mental health services in a psychiatry setting; demonstrated commitment to person-centred, recovery oriented, family inclusive, trauma informed and need adapted principles of care.Demonstrated ability to support and work in collaboratively interprofessional contexts that include lived-experience professionals; sound knowledge of psychiatry encompassing biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual domains. Expertise and experience relevant to the position. High level interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability working within a multidisciplinary team.Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication ability including capacity to communicate clearly, inclusively, and respectfully. Word processing skills necessary to complete expert documentation.Demonstrated skill and commitment to the teaching and supervision of medical staff, non-medical colleagues, and students consistent with contemporary best practice; commitment to interprofessional learning.Qualities, attitudes, and articulated values consistent with a senior medical practitioner providing mental health care to consumers across the age span and their social networks; and evidence of high ethical and professional standards.Experience in or capacity for supporting quality improvement and clinical governance activities; and demonstrated commitment to high quality care provision in the public sector.Familiarity with and support of basic, clinical, and applied research activities relevant to the needs of the Mental Health Service and its staff and the ability to draw on values and research concepts in the appraisal of evidence, guidelines, and quality improvement activities.Conditions of appointment are in accordance with the Health Services Act 1997, and the Staff Specialist (State) Award 2022.Application informationAll selection criteria must be addressed in your application. Applications close 2 weeks from posting date. Applications must be received by 5pm on this date. All applicants are to apply through e-Credential.Employees and Contractors must abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct.To see a full position description, please click here.To apply, you need to be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold an appropriate work visa.NSW Health Registered Medical Recruitment Agencies applying on behalf of a candidate must forward a current Curriculum Vitae via email to ****** and include the Requisition ID and Agency Name as the subject.All medical recruitment agencies will require the below:2. Registration: Talent Acquisition Scheme - SCM0012 Talent with Buy NSWStart an application to join the scheme. You'll need to answer questions and upload required documents.Create and manage profiles for future opportunities.NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. 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