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Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) - Collaborative Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis (ccCHIP) and Shared Care - SLHD Mental Health Services (Apply via eCredential)

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Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) - Collaborative Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis (ccCHIP) and Shared Care - SLHD Mental Health Services (Apply via eCredential)

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Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time

Position Classification: Staff Specialist

Requisition ID: REQ597622

Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) is seeking an experienced Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) to join our Mental Health Services Team

We are looking for a Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) in the Collaborative Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis (ccCHIP) and Shared Care The primary purpose of the role of Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) in Collaborative Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis (ccCHIP) and Mental Health Shared Care is to provide high quality clinical, diagnostic and consultative services in General Practice in the Collaborative Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis (ccCHiP) and in Mental Health Shared Care, and to participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities within SLHD Mental Health Services as required.

Sydney LHD aims to address the physical health needs of mental health consumers through the Living Well Living Longer Program (LWLL). ccCHIP and Mental Health Shared Care are two key components of LWLL.

ccCHIP is an interdisciplinary team which includes psychiatrists, psychiatry registrars, cardiologists, endocrinologists, exercise physiologists, dietitians, a clinical nurse consultant, and oral health therapists, all of whom provide care within a specialised clinic for people with severe and enduring mental illness. The Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) will be involved in the medical treatment to improve the physical health care and physical health outcomes for people attending the service, working closely with the multidisciplinary team and contributing to care of ccCHIP patients as a general practitioner.

Mental Health Shared Care is a program operated in partnership with the Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network. It aims to ensure that mental health consumers under the care of SLHD Mental Health Services have access to primary care to ensure preventive and therapeutic ongoing management of physical comorbidity. It also aims to ensure that treatment recommendations identified in ccCHIP are appropriately and promptly considered and acted upon. The Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) will work with the wider mental health service to ensure effective collaboration within SLHD and with primary care, acknowledging significant barriers and unmet need amongst mental health consumers.

The Staff Specialist (General Practitioner) will ensure a high standard of professional performance and encouragement of an academic environment which supports education, research and professional development.

The successful applicant will be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and/or other equivalent specialist recognition.

Salary and conditions are in accordance with the NSW Staff Specialist (State) Award.

For enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Sylvia Lim-Gibson via email at Sylvia.LimGibson@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications are accepted via eCredential ONLY. To apply, click here and follow the Registration/Login process. Create/update your Clinician Profile and complete the Application and Selection Criteria Questions. If you experience difficulties, please refer to the eCredential Guide or contact SLHD eCredential Team at SLHD-eCredAdmin@health.nsw.gov.au or phone (02) 9515 9933.

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

To be employed by NSW Health, you are required to provide evidence of current immunity status that complies with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy. Successful applicants are required to abide by the Code of Conduct.

Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.

NSW Health does not require or accept the 'Fit2Work badge' offered as an option on eCredential.

Applications will not be accepted via agencies.

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Applications Close: 28 August 2025Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionHealth Care Provider
• IndustriesHospitals and Health Care

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