• February 2026 until January 2027
  
• Participation in after-hours/on-call psychiatry registrar roster
  
• Previous experience in Mental Health required
  

About the Role

Applications are invited for an advanced psychiatry registrar with a specific interest in psychotherapy to join the Psychotherapy Department at St Vincent's Health Melbourne for a one year specialised training placement.

This is an accredited training position funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health under the Specialist Training Program. The Registrar's clinical work takes place both in public settings within St Vincent's Mental Health Service and in the private sector, primarily at a psychotherapy-oriented clinic adjacent to St Vincent's Hospital on Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.

The registrar will be expected to deliver psychodynamic psychotherapy in each of the settings. It is anticipated that there will be opportunities for individual, family and group psychotherapy. The registrar is encouraged to attend to formal educational opportunities on courses related to the development of specialist skills in the area of psychotherapy.

Expert supervision will be provided for each of the psychotherapeutic treatment modalities the registrar is engaged in, and the registrar has the opportunity to participate in a rich array of reflective groups and topic seminars.

There is an expectation that the successful applicant contribute to the on-call roster at St Vincent's Mental Health.

Your Contribution

• Bachelor Medicine, Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
  
• Registration with the AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
  
• Registration as a medication prescriber
  
• Commitment to the Values and Health Care Philosophy of SVHM
  

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
  
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
  
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
  
• Located in Fitzroy with CBD and Gertrude St at our doorstep
  
• Available Trams for our Fitzroy Campus - 11, 12, 109, 86, 96
  
• Fitzroy Main building only 500m from Parliament Station
  
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
  
• Talk to me application - facilitate better conversations with patients and residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
  

About the Mental Health Department at St Vincent's Hospital

St. Vincent's Mental Health (SVMH) emphasizes strengths and recovery opportunities for individuals experiencing mental health issues and illness. In doing so we acknowledge cultural diversity and recognize the role of psychosocial vulnerability and trauma but aim to foster a spirit of resilience which sees the individual driving their recovery professionally supported by their treating team. St Vincent's mental health includes an adult area mental health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara.

St Vincent's trainees have access to a wealth of specialist experiences including dual diagnosis, aboriginal mental health, psychiatry of trauma, psychotherapy, perinatal psychiatry, psycho-oncology, consultation liaison psychiatry, psychiatry of old age, and forensic psychiatry. Trainees are rotated to Austin and Eastern Health or to a new private rotation at Gertrude Street Clinic for their child and adolescent mental health experience.

Working at St Vincent's Hospital

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent's Health Australia and is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

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.

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

We encourage you to apply early, as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be found.

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

*Respectfully no agencies*

For further information, please contact:

Associate Professor Paul Cammell

Head of Psychotherapy Training

Email: [email protected]