Hospital Medical Officer

• Psychiatry HMO
• Fixed term full time position effective immediately to Part Time negotiable)
• Royal Womens Hospital, Consultation & Liaison and Womens Mental Health service
• Parkville location with multiple public transport options available

The Royal Women's Hospital is one of Australia's oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women's health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About The Team
The Womens Mental Health Service team consists of 2 full-time psychiatry Registrars, 5 consultant psychiatrists, 2 consultation-liaison mental health clinicians and several clinical psychologists. It provides a comprehensive Psychiatry consultation-liaison service, and outpatient perinatal and gynaecology service as well as a Womens Alcohol and Drug Service (addiction in pregnancy) service. There is ongoing teaching and mentoring for HMOs wanting experience in consultation-liaison psychiatry, perinatal and womens mental health and psychotherapy. There will be opportunity for observing antenatal psychology groups and following up cases for short-term interventions.

About The Role.
The Psychiatry HMO will contribute to the provision of an effective and efficient consultation liaison psychiatry service to meet the needs of women who are inpatients or outpatients of Royal Women's Hospital who have mental health problems. RHMOs undertake a range of learning opportunities in clinical and teaching aspects of Women's Mental Health.

A Regular Day Will See You

• Provide a consultation-liaison perinatal service to women with mental health problems who are inpatients or outpatients of the Women's, supported and supervised by your supervising consultant e.g. assessment and management of antenatal and postnatal patients, gynaecology, oncology and other women's health patients, and involvement with NICU families
• Work with other staff/units of RWH and provide advice, consultation and support to assist in the care of women with mental health problems.

About You
We are ideally looking for at least a 2nd year HMO who can work as part of an MDT, and under supervisory support from their consultant. The consultation-liaison setting requires good interpersonal skills and ability to de-escalate patients as well as contain staff anxieties round challenging patients.

You'll Bring With You

• Registered as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Have at least 18 months experience working as a junior doctor in a public teaching hospital
• Preferably have worked in emergency setting e.g. emergency department.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and independently (with supervision)

Our Benefits
At the Women's you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• Up to $11,660 in salary packaging benefits/annum, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Public transport options at our doorstep
• Onsite post office, eateries, retail stores and library services
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities

Inclusion and belonging
The Women's celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

Join us
If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check. Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases.

Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.

Please ensure that you download the attached Referee Assessment Form and have this completed by at least three (3) nominated referees. On completion, this form is to be signed and returned to the below email address directly by the Referee themselves (where possible).

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For more information, please view the Position Description for this role.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Dr Juliana Loming or