Senior Medical Practitioner – Psychiatry Salary: MP Year 1-3 $543.05 - $574.73 per session or $283,293 - $299,816 p.a. pro rata (inclusive of base salary and applicable allowances)
Location: Murdoch/Cockburn
Unit/Division: Cockburn Health / Mental Health Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group / South Metropolitan Health Service
Work Type: Permanent - Full Time, Permanent - Part Time, Sessional
This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service is the perfect place to start!
Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) is a 783-bed tertiary hospital offering a range of health services including the State Rehabilitation Service, a comprehensive cancer centre, purpose-built mental health unit, maternity, paediatric and neonatal services, and the State Adult Burns Service. FSH also delivers specialised services such as heart and lung transplantations and hyperbaric medicine.
Make a difference today. Shape mental health care at a new clinic in Perth's south.
Become part of our mental health team at the contemporary Cockburn Health and achieve a sense of fulfillment from making a difference within a new service.
Each day you will come to work in a modern and welcoming facility, and you'll experience being part of a compassionate and supportive multidisciplinary team who are critical in giving client-focused evidence-based mental health care.
You'll have access to: Public transport: Cockburn train station is within walking distance, and there are several bus stops near the clinic.
Free on-site parking: Although public transport is nearby, if it's not practical to leave your car at home, limited free on-site parking is available.
Set in the bustling Cockburn central west precinct you will have access to numerous shopping and dining experiences.
We'll also provide you with: an attractive salary including salary packagingflexible working arrangementscomprehensive professional development opportunities and study leave assistanceIn this role you will be responsible for the mental health assessment, treatment and management of clients with mental health illness as well as the provision of service to their families and carers, promoting patient safety and quality of care. You will work as a clinician within a multidisciplinary team environment and work closely with other agencies to promote close community partnerships.
This position requires you to provide orientation, training, supervision and education, where relevant, for Doctors in Training and other health workers. You will be required to work to achieve national, state and South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) performance standards and targets and work within the scope of clinical practice as defined and recommended by the SMHS Area Medical Credentialing Committee.
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us.
Want to know more? We encourage you to contact Dr Daniela Vecchio on 0497 100 719.
If you are ready to partner with us, see the application instructions below: Your application should include:
A copy of your current CVA statement addressing the selection criteria in no more than 2-3 pagesThe names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role.These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.
Employee Benefits: Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):
Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistanceFlexible working arrangementsFlexible leave arrangementsOther professional and location-based allowancesAre you eligible? To be eligible for a permanent appointment to the Western Australian public sector, it is essential that you are an Australian citizen or have permanent residency status in Australia. To be eligible for a fixed term appointment, you must have documentary evidence of your entitlement to live and work in Australia for the period of the contract.
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health's Aboriginal Workforce Policy.
WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant's integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au This is a Recruitment Pool for Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time and Permanent Sessional appointments. Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 30/05/2025.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted. LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
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