Staff Specialist – Acute Care Service (Community Mental Health)

NSW Health; Council of the City of Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in New South Wales seeks a Staff Specialist for its Acute Care Service. This role involves providing psychiatric assessment and treatment for community mental health patients, working within a multidisciplinary team. A strong commitment to clinical excellence and leadership in psychiatric practice is required. The position is part-time, temporary, and offers generous benefits. Applications close on 05 December 2025.

Benefits

Generous salary packaging

Access to clinical education programs

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Work/life balance

Qualifications

• Possess or be eligible for specialist registration with AHPRA.
• Must have Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent.
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical practice in Adult Psychiatry.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric assessment and treatment within a multidisciplinary team.
• Act as a senior clinician providing leadership.
• Oversee clinical care planning for allocated patients.

Skills

Personal integrity

Clinical practice in Adult Psychiatry

Leadership skills

Commitment to teaching and supervision

Collaborative team work

Education

Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)

Specialist registration with AHPRA

Job description

Position Title

Staff Specialist – Acute Care Service (Community Mental Health)

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (until 31/1/2027)
Hours per week: 0.4 FTE
Position Grade: Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Mental Health

About us

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not‑for‑profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
• Opportunity to access a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical education programmes
• Supported post‑graduate opportunities within applicable fields
• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/life balance

About the role

The Acute Care Service (Community Mental Health) provides short‑term community‑based clinical services to adult patients presenting with a broad range of mental illnesses and disorders. This position will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide psychiatric assessment, treatment, care planning and clinical oversight of allocated patients using harm‑minimisation and recovery‑based models of care. This position will act also as a senior clinician providing leadership in a multidisciplinary team. There is capacity for the incumbent to work in other positions across the Mental Health and Homeless Health service on mutual agreement.

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent’s is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases – NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions

To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.
• Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and a Medicare provider number.
• Possess, or be eligible to possess, Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialist’s State Award.
• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Adult Psychiatry commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position.
• Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a multidisciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient satisfaction and experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching and supervision of specialist trainees, junior medical officers and medical students and non‑medical colleagues.
• Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster innovation to create a learning culture, with proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes.
• Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of new knowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment.

For more information, please contact Dr Lyn Chiem [e-mail]

For a copy of the position description, please email [e-mail]

The closing date for applications is 05 December 2025.

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