Nbmlhd - Staff Specialist - Upto 1.4fte - Blue Mountains Mental Health Unit & Community Teams - Apply Via Ecredential

**Employment Type** Permanent - Part Time / Full Time
**Position Classification**: Staff Specialist - Blue Mountains Mental Health Unit & Community Teams
**Hours Per Week**: upto 1.4FTE
**Requisition ID**: REQ577221

**How to apply**

Applications close on **08 June 2025**and must be received by midnight of the closing date.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified medical practitioners for the above position in Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. The position supports both the Mental Health Unit located at the **Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital and community mental health teams across the Mountains and Lithgow**. Applicants who expect to be eligible for Fellowship within 5 months and who have no more than one College-administered assessment to complete may be considered; if successful, the applicant will not be subsequently eligible to commence their appointment until after the relevant qualifications and requirements are formally completed. Successful applicants also participate in a District-wide after-hours roster.

This permanent position provides timely and need-adapted care to consumers and families presenting to acute mental health inpatient settings, a community mental health setting. The role also supports general hospital and Emergency Department presentations. Successful applicants will contribute to team expertise across a range of therapeutic modalities and participate in key clinical decisions. Quality & safety activities and scholarship that benefits our community and the Service may be considered as part of the Staff Specialist’s non-clinical duties.

The Mental Health Service aims “To be a proactive and responsive person-centred service which provides integrated care to each consumer, in the context of their family, support people and community; primarily, working together with our communities to improve mental health, promote recovery and prevent mental illness.”

The Mountains and the Plains of the LHD include metropolitan, rural and semi-rural communities, many of which are situated within World Heritage natural environments with access to excellent amenities and transport.

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District actively encourages diversity and inclusion within the workforce. Applications are encouraged and welcome from people from all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with disability, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

**Together, Achieving Better Health**

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community

**About Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District**

The Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District provides world-class clinical care, research, and innovation, and is committed to providing a workplace culture that values and promotes the growth of high performing teams and individuals. We are passionate about the work we do and are committed to improving the health of our local community and enhancing the experience of all our patients.

**Selection Criteria**

1. Possess or be eligible for: registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZP) or equivalent as provided for in the Health Services Act 1997, current NSW driver’s licence. Demonstrated commitment to Continuing Professional Development and reflective practice.

2. Demonstrated expertise and experience in providing effective, high quality mental health services in a psychiatry setting; demonstrated commitment to person-centred, recovery oriented, family inclusive, trauma informed and need adapted principles of care.

3. Demonstrated ability to support and work in collaboratively interprofessional contexts that include lived-experience professionals; sound knowledge of psychiatry encompassing biological, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual domains. Expertise and experience relevant to the position.

4. Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication ability including capacity to communicate clearly, inclusively and respectfully. Word processing skills necessary to complete expert documentation.

5. Demonstrated skill and commitment to the teaching and supervision of medical staff, non-medical colleagues and students consistent with contemporary best practice; commitment to interprofessional learning.

6. Qualities, attitudes and articulated values consistent with a senior medical practitioner providing mental health care to consumers across the age span and their social networks; and evidence of high ethical and professional standards.

7. Experience in or cap