Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: $80,000 - $100,000
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 15113
About The Role:
This is a Fixed Term position for 12 months at 14 hours per fortnight within the Mental Health Department.
Your role in the Child and Youth Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement (CY HOPE) team:
You will be responsible for providing clinical governance to the RCH Child HOPE team through consumer reviews, meetings with parents, external agencies and attendance at the team clinical review meetings. You will also provide supervision for the HOPE registrars.
Internally, this position will be known and/or referred to as: Consultant Psychiatrist RCH Child HOPE (Fixed Term).
Classification for this position will be in line with the Medical Specialists (Victorian Public Health Sector) Enterprise Agreement 2022-2026.
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If this sounds like you, or if you would like more information, please click here to view the position description.
About RCH Mental Health:
RCH Mental Health is a Level 5 tertiary Infant, Child and Family Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Service and comprises community and hospital-based services. This includes an Intake and Assessment Team based at Parkville and three multidisciplinary community-based teams located at Travancore, St Albans and Hoppers Crossing. The Community teams are led by a partnership between a Team Coordinator and a Consultant Psychiatrist, with the Team Coordinator responsible for the operational functioning of the team, and the Consultant Psychiatrist accountable for driving high quality clinical care across the Team. Following the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s mental health services, RCH Mental Health in the community focuses on the tertiary specialist mental health of infants and children 0-11 years. This transformation allowed RCH Mental Health to help more infants and children and their families and implement contemporary models of care that best meet the needs of the families we serve and support them to use their collective strengths for recovery and hope. The RCH Child HOPE team focuses on 5-11 years and on the early intervention and prevention of suicides
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Application process:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
You must attach certified credentials and a completed “SMS Application for Appointment Form”.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact Dr Chidambaram Prakash, Acting Director Mental Health on (03) 9345 5505 or [email protected]
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close: 24 July 2026.