Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29837
An exciting opportunity exists to join the NSW Psychiatry Training Program as a Stage 1 Trainee
Where you'll be working
The NSW Psychiatry Training Program offers a coordinated, networked approach to training that brings together the health system, hospitals, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and experienced doctors to ensure that the on-the-job training available in NSW is the best on offer in Australia.
Your training journey will begin at hospitals across NSW Health, working with people who have a psychiatric illness in a supportive, multi-disciplinary team context and under the supervision of an experienced consultant psychiatrist. You will be welcomed into hospitals, departments and clinics across NSW, and supported by Network staff, doctors and other health professionals committed to sharing their knowledge and skills.
The breadth of opportunities available in metropolitan, regional and rural centres will shape your development and learnings, provide experience with local communities and support your progression through the RANZCP training requirements.
As a Basic Trainee, you will join one of the 5 Psychiatry Training Networks in NSW:
- Hunter New England Training Network (HNET)
- Northern Sydney Central Coast Network (NSCC)
- South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Training Network (SESI)
- Sydney South West North Coast Network (SSWNC)
- Sydney West Greater Southern Network (SWaGS)
Further information on each of the NSW Psychiatry Training Networks can be found here
All Psychiatry Training Networks offer experience at training sites that are busy, dynamic and characterised by a wide variety of presentations and patient populations. The Networked approach gives you access to a complete RANZCP accredited training program including Stage 1 and Stage 2 (Basic) training and completion of Stage 3 (Advanced) training.
Each Network optimises the quality of training available at each site and ensures the equitable distribution of trainees to terms across the Network. Rotation through the different terms of the Psychiatry training program provides exposure to a broad range of sub-specialty areas and facilitates learning through clinical and individual supervision, dedicated teaching time and access to a Formal Education Course of your choice.
The primary purpose of this position is to provide high-quality specialist psychiatric care to patients and their families, while enabling entry to training and supporting the learning and professional development required to progress toward Fellowship with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).
The successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to multidisciplinary, recovery oriented mental health care, using abiopsychosocial and cultural framework that integrates mental and physical health needs. They will show a strong commitment to ongoing learning, education, and development within Psychiatry, this will include progression toward attainment of RANZCP Fellowship competencies.
Across the training period, the position holder will deliver high-quality psychiatric assessment and care across the mental health continuum, in a variety of clinical settings and with people across the lifespan. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to improving mental health care for Aboriginal peoples.
- Have been accepted into training with the RANZCP
Or
- Have a current application submitted for entry to RANZCP training resulting in acceptance before the start of the 2027 clinical year
