2027 Psychiatry Registrar - Stage 2 / Stage 3 / Unaccredited

The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Discounted onsite car parking

Close to public transport

Job summary

The Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville, VIC is offering a 12-month, full-time Psychiatry Registrar position at Stage 2/Stage 3 or Unaccredited/Pre-vocational level. It supports a broad training program across acute inpatient units, community teams, and outreach services, with access to research, teaching, and rotations to meet training needs.

Applicants must hold General Registration with AHPRA and be eligible for RANZCP training; the role includes in-hours work and regular on-call duties,

Qualifications

• Registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA) is required.
• Stage 2 or Stage 3 RANZCP Psychiatry trainee status desirable.
• Experience in mental health settings and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric registrar services across acute inpatient units and community teams.
• Participate in teaching, research, and examinations preparation.
• Engage in on-call duties and completion of discharge summaries and legal paperwork.
• Collaborate with Parkville Youth MH & Wellbeing Service and other partners.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

General Registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA)

Stage 2 or Stage 3 RANZCP Psychiatry trainee

Job description

2027 Psychiatry Registrar - Stage 2 / Stage 3 / Unaccredited

The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Parkville VIC

2027 Psychiatry Registrar - Stage 2 or Stage 3 or Unaccredited/Pre-vocational

This is a 12-month Full-Time, Fixed Term position commencing 1st February 2027.

The Royal Melbourne is one of Victoria's largest hospitals providing a comprehensive range of health services including acute, sub-acute, general, and specialist medical services throughout inpatient and community-based facilities. We are also a proud part of the world-renowned Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, working in collaboration to advance research for continuous improvement of clinical care.

Psychiatry Registrar - Stage 2 or Stage 3 or Unaccredited/Pre-vocational - Position Description

Unit Description:

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services (RMH MHS) provide comprehensive hospital-based, community and specialist services to youth, adults and older adults. It operates in partnership with other health services in the west and north of metropolitan Melbourne, including Parkville Youth MH & Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) in a secondment arrangement.

RMH MHS Psychiatry Training Program offers a highly successful and varied training experience with a great choice of rotations to meet your training requirements and career interests.

We pride ourselves on being able to offer enviable choice in well supported clinical roles and opportunities to pursue research, further study or other interests.

Our training program is enhanced with access to our experienced coordinator of First Year training, psychotherapy coordinator, scholarly project coordinators, exam preparation coordinator and service coordinator of training. We offer a broad and varied range of teaching and education opportunities including psychiatric interview tutorials, psychotherapy tutorials, an observed interview program, Grand Rounds and regular peer and consultant led teaching.

About the role:

• Accredited psychiatry training positions available across all levels of psychiatry training within acute inpatient units, integrated community mental health teams, residential rehabilitation units (PARCs & CCUs), specialist homeless outreach services and emergency mental health services.
• Unaccredited/pre-vocational psychiatry registrar roles with an expectation that our unaccredited registrars will apply to enter accredited psychiatry training at a later stage.
• Opportunities to work in First Nations Social & Emotional Wellbeing Services, forensic psychiatry and research.
• Further training opportunities through our close partnerships with multiple specialist services including Parkville Youth MH & Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS), The Royal Children's Hospital, Statewide Neuropsychiatry and Eating Disorder services and the University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry.
• This is a full-time position and involves both in-hours and regular on-call out-of-hours duties.
• Completion of appropriate ward/community paperwork, discharge summaries/letters and legal paperwork required by the Mental Health & Wellbeing Act.
• Attendance at Mental Health Tribunal hearings as required.

There is no opportunity within this role to move into other medical streams.

About You:

• General Registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA);
• Stage 2 or Stage 3 RANZCP Psychiatry trainee
  • Desirable: completed mandatory Child and Adolescent and Consultation Liaison Stage 2 rotations

or

• Essential: at least 6 months experience working in a mental health setting
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team in a hospital setting or in the community with an integrated community care model.
• A passion for caring and making a genuine difference in the lives of public mental health consumers, families and carers while working across inpatient and community settings.
• Have a high level of interpersonal and communications skills and demonstrated ability to consult and liaise with consumers, carers, family members and other professionals.

• Salary packaging options, discounted onsite car parking, close to public transport.

Find out more about The Royal Melbourne Hospital

If you have any questions or require more information regarding this position, please contact Dr Tom Rego (************@mh.org.au) or Deb Menser (**********@mh.org.au).

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and are committed to a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.