Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 3339
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Mental Health Division
Our Mental Health Division has a dynamic and friendly team with excellent academic, education and research programs. With a consultant body committed to registrar development, and with targeted education and mentoring opportunities, we have a reputation for successfully supporting registrars to progress through the RANZCP Fellowship Program and multiple advanced training certificates.
As one of the largest mental health services in Victoria, Austin Health’s Mental Health Division is able to provide senior trainees with a comprehensive training experience, with access to a range of subspecialty programs among the broadest in Victoria.
About the role
An exciting opportunity currently exists for enthusiastic Advanced Trainees in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to join the Mental Health Division. This role is suited to Psychiatry Registrars who have commenced, or who are about to commence, the RANZCP Advanced Training Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Service offers broad and subspecialised training experiences – and continues to grow. Advanced trainees can access unique training opportunities in a range of services, including:
Austin Health trainees can also look forward to a collegiate, inclusive and supportive environment, which values trainee welfare, development and training success. Trainees have support to access the required Child and Adolescent Psychiatry education program, and a dedicated consultant group keen to develop their senior trainees. Specific educational programs also exist for junior trainees and for RANZCP examination candidates, as well as opportunities to be involved for research, medical student teaching and service leadership.
About you
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Mark Vella, Psychiatry Training Coordinator, [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Thursday 26 June 2025