Advanced Trainee - Addiction Psychiatry

Job Description:

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Role

This position aims to provide Addiction Psychiatry Specialist Services to the Department by providing excellence in Consultation Liaison for inpatients, addiction outpatients and Depaul House residential withdrawal unit inpatient care as required.

The Addiction Psychiatry Registrar is employed through the St Vincent’s Department of Addiction Medicine, and participates in an Addiction Medicine Training Program approved by the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine, Royal College of Physicians as well as the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).

The position will provide training experience at St Vincent’s Department of Addiction Medicine Department and, as appropriate, at other external agencies that provide drug and alcohol services and with whom St Vincent’s Department of Addiction Medicine collaborates.  

The Registrar will be accountable for the delivery of clinical services to the patients with drug and/or alcohol problems, through providing high quality clinical services, contributing to service evaluation and research and displaying a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in Addiction Medicine.

When employed on external rotations outside St Vincent’s, the Registrar will provide care to patients under the supervision of Addiction Medicine specialists.

The role includes exposure to general addiction outpatients, clinical liaison on inpatient wards, inpatient withdrawal management, opioid agonist treatment including long acting formulations of buprenorphine, dual diagnosis, pain medicine, correctional health, as well as external rotations to youth services and women’s services.

Duties

• Undertake inpatient ward service in Addiction Medicine as per  rostered activities.
• When on inpatient ward service undertake 1 full round at least once per week.
• Undertake outpatient clinics.
• Provide support to the unit Junior Medical Staff (JMS) during business hours.
• Assist in the achievement of the department’s activity and quality targets
• Make an active contribution to medical student education and post graduate education sessions
• Provide mentorship to the Junior Medical Staff of the Department.
• Participate in Clinical Research Projects relevant to Addiction Medicine.
• Participate in the implementation of relevant policies and procedures within the Department and the Hospital as required

Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12 per annum, pro-rata for part time)

What You will Bring

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery or equivalent
• Registration with AHPRA
• Applicants must be registered medical practitioners in Australia or New Zealand and be registered as a Trainee of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).
• Psychiatry Registrars must have completed Stage 2 of the RANZCP Fellowship program.

About Department of Addiction Medicine

The Department of Addiction Medicine at St. Vincent's (which includes Depaul House Alcohol and Drug Withdrawal unit) is one of Australia’s leading centers for the medical treatment of drug or alcohol addiction. The work includes direct patient treatment (both inpatients and outpatients), research, education/training and policy development.  Our multidisciplinary team includes doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, specialist counselors, and lived experience workers.  Our treatment services encompass both acute withdrawal and long term management, using state-of-the-art methods and facilities. We have a strong culture of education, outreach to community and rural settings, training and teaching, from undergraduate students to senior clinicians across a wide range of professional disciplines. 

Addiction Medicine at St Vincent’s strives to ensure that our clinical knowledge and experience informs public health policy, to achieve a more sophisticated understanding in the community of the nature and treatment of addiction, and to improve the health outcomes for those seeking assistance for drug or alcohol problems.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.

Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

Pre-employment checks

• Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

How to Apply

To apply, click the 'Apply' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter, addressed to A/Prof Yvonne Bonomo, Director of Addiction Medicine. Please ensure contact details for 2 x Referees are included in your resume.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.

If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact [email protected] and include the JRnumber.

Closing Date:

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

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