About the Role
Albury Wodonga Health's Mental Health Service provides specialist clinical assessment, treatment and ongoing care to people who have, or are at risk of a serious mental illness or suicide. Across a range of disciplines they support people of all ages including people with co‐occurring substance use problems. Person‐centred care is provided through a recovery focused model for both urgent and non‐urgent cases.
The position of Psychiatry Registrar provides direct clinical services to maximise treatment and health care outcomes for consumers:
* within an acute inpatient setting
* to departments and units within the health service
* in residential and/or sub‐acute bed based settings
* in a community setting
It is expected that the Registrar will work as a team member within the unit, across the Mental Health and Wellbeing Service and in support of other hospital units, particularly the Emergency Department.
Under supervision of specialist Psychiatrists:
* Provide person‐centred, trauma‐informed, gender‐sensitive and culturally informed care to all consumers.
* Provide effective clinical/medical supervision and treatment to consumers under care.
* Comply with the Mental Health Act, the National Standards for mental Health Services and ACHS EQuIP Standards.
* Participate in the training program.
* Actively attend all local teaching, training and supervision sessions.
* Commit to ongoing education and professional development, including attendance at recognised training programmes and contributing to local psychiatry educational activities.
* Achieve high standards of care by participating in quality activities and accreditation work groups.
* Participate in on‐call/out‐of‐hours duty rosters as required.
* Take comprehensive histories with a range of consumers and presenting problems.
* Perform comprehensive mental state examinations on a range of consumers.
* Perform comprehensive physical examinations on patients and provide ongoing medical attention for consumers' physical health.
* Construct suitable diagnostic formulations and management plans.
* Obtain corroborative histories from families, previous treatment providers and other sources.
* Discuss assessment and management issues with families.
* Record clinical information accurately.
* Prepare comprehensive discharge summaries for consumers transferred to other wards or discharged to the community.
* Present and discuss cases with supervisors.
* Participate in education programmes for others, e.g., staff development, community and lay groups, medical students.
* Be responsible to the Director via the Senior Staff for the assessment, investigation, treatment and review of consumers admitted to the Unit for acute management.
* Ensure consumers and families receive adequate information about management decisions and follow‐up plans.
Important Notice
All healthcare workers must maintain all vaccinations required by relevant healthcare regulations, guidelines or their specific role within the organisation. In addition to mandatory vaccinations, AWH strongly encourages all employees to receive the COVID‐19 vaccination and the seasonal influenza (flu) vaccination, as recommended by public health authorities and as a preventative measure to help ensure the safety and well‐being of patients, colleagues, and the broader community.
AWH prioritises Equal Employment Opportunity, Ethical Practice, and embraces Cultural Diversity and Social Inclusion. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Please note that appointments are contingent on satisfactory pre‐employment checks, including Criminal Record check and Working with Children checks.
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