SESLHD - Staff Specialist - Older Persons Psychiatry - Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time

Position Classification: Staff Specialist

Hours Per Week: 8

Requisition ID: REQ618686

Temporary (12 months) Part-Time (0.2FTE) with opportunity to extend

We seek a motivated and passionate Staff Specialist Psychiatrist to join the Older Persons' Mental Health Service at the Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH), Randwick, as part of the ESMHS.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide specialist psychiatric care within a dedicated multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive and integrated mental health service to older people in the ESMHS catchment area.

About the Role

You will be a senior medical member of the Older Persons' Mental Health Service, a multidisciplinary team that includes specialist mental health nurses, allied health clinicians, and peer support workers. The Older Persons' Mental Health Service aims to provide the best standard of care possible for people over 65 years of age, or Aboriginal people over 50 years who are at risk of or are experiencing mental health problems.

The core activities of the service are the prevention and treatment of mental illness, including rehabilitation, occurring in older people living in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. This includes inpatient care, community based care, a specialised older persons psychiatry consultation service, support to families and carers, education and research.

Your clinical duties will encompass:

Providing expert psychiatric assessment, diagnostic clarification, and management for patients under the care of the Older Persons' Mental Health Service or those referred to the service for assessment.

Provision of supervision, support and direction for the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).

Ensuring effective continuity of care and communication with General Practitioners.

Provide support and supervision to registrars and Junior Medical Officers.

What you'll be doing

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is 'exceptional people, healthier lives'. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

The specialist will provide expert medical assessment and management of patients within the department/service.

The primary location of this position may be varied as agreed with the Director of Medical Services and as approved by MDAAC to other facilities in SESLHD.

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Learn more about us here: South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.

Information for applicants:

• 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.
• This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy PD2024_015. Successful applicants to the role must provide vaccination history and pathology as part of the application documentation and be certified as compliant before employment can commence.
• SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website.

All applications must include a demonstration of your ability to meet each of the selection criteria in order to progress through the recruitment process.

• Registration or eligible for registration with Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA). Candidate to provide AHPRA Registration Number on application.
• Fellowship of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and/or equivalent specialist recognition as provided for by the Health Insurance Act 1973 and the relevant Award/Determination, with demonstrated subspecialty training, experience or genuine interest in Older Persons psychiatry.
• Evidence of continuing medical education and self-monitoring/audit practices consistent with the scope of practice requirements of the position.
• Proven capacity and/or experience in the provision of effective high quality service in the specialty, demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position including evidence of participation in quality improvement activities relevant to the specialty.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching with experience in teaching both undergraduate and post graduate students and other staff of the hospital.
• Demonstrate the skills and attitudes appropriate as a senior Medical Practitioner including modelling a high standard of professional behaviour to junior medical staff.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and harmoniously with medical and other health services colleagues as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with patients, colleagues, and staff and to work as an effective member of the clinical team across multiple sites. Demonstrated commitment to provision of a high standard of clinical care in the public sector setting.
• Demonstrated experience in and commitment to research relevant to the role and needs of the Department.

Please complete the attached documentation pack and ensure they are uploaded to your application.

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Applications Close: 3 December 2025