An opportunity to be part of the Headspace Youth Mental Health Initiative at Chatswood & Brookvale within Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS). Northern Sydney Local Health District is available.
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time
Hours Per Week: up to 16
Duration: until 30 June 2027
Who we are : We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.
Where you'll be working
The Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Headspace youth mental health initiative is a new multidisciplinary service providing mental health intervention for young people aged 12 - 24, referred through Headspace and requiring more specialised intervention than provided by Headspace, but below the threshold for the community CYMHS service. The program aims for provide trauma informed, recovery focused assessment, therapy, and systemic intervention, and to improve service integration by facilitating care pathways between headspace and CYMHS and vice versa.
The program will provide in-reach to Chatswood and Brookvale Headspace centres, providing collocated services with headspace under the clinical and operational governance of the NLSHD CYMHS.
The CYMHS headspace youth mental health initiative will work alongside and be integrated with our established CYMHS programs including Brolga adolescent inpatient unit, community CYMHS intake and emergency department in-reach consultation, Safeguards, the outreach service for children and adolescents, and the Youth Response Team, among others.
About the Role
Focusing on emerging or first-episode psychosis and other moderate to severe mental health concerns, and embedded within Headspace, the service provides assessment, evidence-based interventions, and collaborative care planning with young people, families, and support systems, ensuring seamless, trauma-informed care between Headspace and LHD services.
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist will provide expert clinical and operational leadership, working closely with CYMHS and headspace teams to ensure high-quality, integrated care. The role also contributes to teaching, supervision, research, and quality improvement within the District, under NSLHD’s clinical governance and endorsed practice standards.
Purpose of the Position
You will provide clinical management and treatment of patients under your care in a Northern Sydney Local Health District facility or service. This care will be provided within the scope of clinical practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee.
The position will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of medical students, graduates and other health care professionals and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within NSLHD.
This position is temporary with the possibility of extension based on performance, funding and need
Need more information?
1) The requirements of the position can be viewed via the Position Description
2) For assistance with you application please refer to the eCredential guide
For role related queries or questions contact Dr Choong-Siew Yong on (02) 9887 5513 or email [email protected]
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11) You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
Applications Close: 4 October 2026
Please Note: NSW Health does not require or accept the ‘Fit2Work badge’ offered as an option in eCredential.
