Consultant Psychiatrist

Austin Health; City of Banyule; On-site; AUD 210,000 - 320,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging for living expenses

Wellness initiatives & health cover

Mentoring & career development

Onsite childcare and transport access

Job summary

Austin Health in Melbourne's Heidelberg campus is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based psychiatric care to young people and their families within the Inpatient and Youth Brief Intervention Service teams.

The role supports a recovery‑orientated approach, with emphasis on triage, liaison psychiatry, and working across multiple settings. WWC checks and AHPRA registration are required.

Qualifications

• Registered Medical Practitioner with AHPRA in Australia.
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent.
• RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• WWC Check current and compliant with Working with Children Act.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive evidence‑based psychiatric services to young people and families.
• Support inpatient and Youth Brief Intervention Service teams.
• Engage with a recovery‑oriented model and liaise with multiple services as required.

Skills

Liaison psychiatry experience

Triage & access knowledge

Education

Medical registration with AHPRA

Fellowship of RANZCP or equivalent

RANZCP CA Training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Job description

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• Make an impact supporting the mental health of young people, their families and carers working with our Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit and Brief Intervention Service
• Permanent part time opportunity (28 hours per week)
• An opportunity to join Austin Health located in Heidelberg (Melbourne, Victoria)

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 state-wide. 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

The Mental Health Division provides mental health assessment and interventions for people experiencing mental illness, and their family and carers. Working from a recovery-orientated model, the division provides an array of hospital-based, community and specialist services for infants, children, young people, adults and aged people throughout Victoria. All mental health services work within a clinical framework that promotes recovery-orientated practice and supported decision-making.

The Mental Health Division has a highly supportive and collaborative team culture, based on the foundations of the Austin Health values.

About the departments you’ll be working with in the Mental Health Division

The Infant Child & Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) is a service with multiple teams servicing the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne Metropolitan (local government areas of Banyule, Nillumbik, Darebin, Whittlesea, Yarra and Boroondara). Young people eligible for the service are 0 to 25 years with a current shift towards Royal Commission recommendations.

The Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit (AIPU) is for teenagers 13-17 years in an 11-bed unit, which provides assessment and treatment to teenagers who require more intensive treatment than can be offered in an outpatient setting. The unit has a small High Dependency area and a seclusion room. The unit has a catchment area covering the six local government areas serviced by Austin Health ICYMHS and the rural regions serviced by Bendigo ICYMHS and Mildura ICYMHS.

The Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS) provides brief family and system focused support for youth (12-25 years) including primary and secondary consultation, family and system focused therapeutic work. This is in conjunction with other community agencies such as headspace, Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS), Child Protection or Youth Justice in the Banyule, Boroondara, Yarra, Darebin, Nillumbik or Whittlesea areas.

About the role

As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide comprehensive and high-quality evidence-based psychiatric services to young people, their families and carers/support networks in the Inpatient and Youth Brief Intervention Service Teams.

About you

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Registered Medical Practitioner in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent postgraduate specialist qualification.
• RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent. Psychiatrists with significant experience in Youth Psychiatry will be considered for the role focused on young people aged 12-25 years.
• Must hold a current Working with Children Check (WWC Check), in compliance with the Working with Children Act 2005.
• Have a detailed knowledge of the triage and access systems to tertiary mental health services.
• Demonstrated experience with a variety of liaison psychiatry settings, including in reach to the emergency department where indicated.

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:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals and accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare at the Austin Hospital campus, easy access via multiple public transport and car parking options

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.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check.