Job Description:

Acute Inpatient Service Consultant Psychiatrist

• Acute Inpatient Service
• Part-time on-going, part-time strongly considered
• Fitzroy location

About St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent’s Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6,500 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.

About the Role

The Consultant Psychiatrist is accountable for the delivery of clinical services to the consumers of the AIS and SVMH, through providing high quality clinical services, contributing to service evaluation and research and displaying a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in psychiatry.

The Consultant Psychiatrist AIS provides clinical leadership to the AIS, in partnership with the Director AIS, Director of Nursing Mental Health and Nurse Unit Managers

Duties

• Promotion and liaison with the relevant community services, NDIS providers, private psychiatrists and general practitioners.
• Ensuring that there is regular and effective communication with staff from the community and services of SVMH, NDIS providers, private psychiatrists and general practitioners.
• Working collaboratively with nursing staff and other mental health clinicians to ensure the optimum management of consumers’ recovery-oriented needs.
• Assessing and managing consumers of the service according to the current best standards, using the best available evidence and meeting the requirements of relevant law, ethics and community needs.
• Keeping high standard clinical records.
• Assessing, formulating and implementing treatment via a recovery-oriented framework for consumers.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery or equivalent
• Fellowship of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
• Registration with AHPRA

Applicants must apply online at www.svhm.org.au and should include Curriculum Vitae and the names and contact details of three referees as part of their application.

The successful candidate will be required to fulfil all St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Credentialing requirements before commencing in the position. All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by The Victoria Police.

Further information from:

Dr Dominika Baetens

Clinical Program Director

St Vincent’s Mental Health

[email protected]

Or

Executive Assistant to CPD: Madeline Wallace [email protected]

Please note that this job posting will close at 11.59 pm the day before the listed closing date

Closing Date:

18 December 2025 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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