Trainee - Unaccredited Position

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time

**Remuneration**:
- **Hours Per Week**: 38

**Requisition ID**: CAM16919

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Mental Health Service.

**Where you'll be working**
Across the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District;
**_Wollongong Hospital _**is the Illawarra and Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital and has a bed base of more than 500. The campus, which incorporates the Illawarra Regional Cancer Care Centre, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services.

Wollongong is located an hour’s drive south of Sydney on a narrow coastal strip bordered by the Royal National Park to the north, Lake Illawarra to the south, the Tasman Sea to the east and the Illawarra Escarpment to the west. Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working in Wollongong.

**_Shellharbour Hospital_** is a 197 bed, acute facility providing a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services. The inpatient services include aged care, medical, surgical, mental health and acute medical assessment inpatient beds, plus a day surgery unit. The hospital also provides emergency services, elective surgical services, general medical, antenatal and primary family health care, satellite renal dialysis, as well as adolescent and adult mental health services.

Shellharbour is located on the picturesque South Coast of NSW, located over an hour’s drive south of Sydney, and has a rapidly growing population. Surrounded by pristine beaches, renowned fishing/diving spots and rolling hills in the countryside, Shellharbour is rapidly growing with many family friendly attractions. Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working in Shellharbour.

**What you'll be doing**

This Unaccredited Psychiatry Trainee position is part of an exciting and innovative service that provides care to patients presenting with mental health problems within the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.

This position would be most suited to a medical officer with a strong interest in psychiatry or intending to join the RANZCP training program in the future. It should also be of interest to a doctor taking a break in training but wanting to develop their clinical knowledge and skills in an emergency psychiatry service seeing patients with diverse and often complex clinical problems, under the direction and supervision of psychiatrists with experience in emergency, consultation liaison and general psychiatry, both on site and via video facilities.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

**Please note**: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

**All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to commencement with NSW Health OR provide an approved medical contraindication certificate. You will be required to show proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status prior to **securing this role. Please also provide proof of booster vaccination, if available.**
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
- Completion of at least two postgraduate years
- Demonstrated understanding and commitment to mental health
- Demonstrated evidence of excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgement and expertise
- Evidence of continued professional development and commitment to self -education
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management
- Holds a current NSW drivers licence

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**Applications Close: 12/12/22