Position Title: Staff Specialist – Older People’s Mental Health Service (OPMHS)
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours per week: 0.5 FTE
Position Grade: Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Mental Health
About us:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.
Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:
Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
Employee Assistance Program
Work/Life balance
About the role:
The OPMHS provides integrated clinical services to the older people’s population of the St Vincent’s Mental Health Service catchment area (and beyond, as required). The OPMHS model of care includes inpatient, consultation-liaison, hospital outpatients, community clinics and outreach to older people at home and residential aged care facilities.
This position will act as a senior clinician within a multidisciplinary team providing psychiatric assessment and treatment in the above-mentioned settings. This position will also provide clinical leadership in promoting a high standard of patient care as well as service improvement, innovation and evaluation. There is capacity for the incumbent to work in other positions across the Mental Health and Homeless Health service on mutual agreement.
Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.
Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.
Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.
Selection Criteria:
Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.
Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), including via the Expedited Specialist Pathway; Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialist’s State Award and possess, or are working towards possessing, the RANZCP Certificate of Advanced Training in Psychiatry of Old Age (or equivalent qualification); and a Medicare provider number.
Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Psychiatry of Old Age (including electroconvulsive therapy) commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position.
Demonstrated expertise and commitment to person-centred, recovery-oriented, family/carer-inclusive and trauma-informed principles of care.
Demonstrated ability to lead and work in collaborative interprofessional contexts that include lived-experience professions to support the delivery of an effective, high quality mental health service.
Demonstrated commitment to teaching and supervision of specialist trainees, junior medical officers, medical students and non-medical colleagues.
Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster a culture of safety learning, with proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes.
Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of new knowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment.
For more information, please contact Dr Lyn Chiem, [email protected]
For a copy of the position description, please email [email protected]
This job advertisement will close on 17 June 2026
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]
