Title: Deputy Clinical Director Spectrum

Location:Richmond, VIC, AU, 3121

Job Posting Date: 19 Nov 2024

Deputy Clinical Director, Spectrum, Statewide Services

• Permanent Full Time
• Spectrum - Church Street, Richmond, Victoria
• Experience career progression at a values based organisation

Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role
The Deputy Clinical Director holds responsibility for delivering high level clinical leadership and governance to Spectrum's clinical activities in accordance with Spectrum’s organisational chart and clinical governance procedure.

As a member of Spectrum’s leadership team the Deputy Clinical Director contributes to the ongoing improvement of Spectrum and the broader Statewide Services program.
The Deputy Clinical Director deputises for some aspects of the Associate Director or Executive Clinical Director roles in their absence.

About you

• Must be a registered medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Authority (AHPRA) of Australia.
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
• Excellent clinical skills and knowledge of contemporary psychotherapy and personality disorder and complex trauma treatment practices.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional standards and work practices.
• Advanced communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including an ability to complete clinical records, and to provide clear information to a wide range of stakeholders and work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated negotiation and advocacy skills.
• Significant conflict resolution experience.
• Willingness to engage in a leadership role.
• Willingness to attend regular supervision with the Executive Clinical Director
• Computer literacy

Other

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and vision in the planning and development of clinical projects and to develop creative solutions to complex systemic and organisational problems.
• Demonstrated experience in research and/or education training activities relevant to personality disorder and complex trauma.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership for complex clinical situations.
• Research experience in the fields of personality disorder and complex trauma as demonstrated by academic refereed publications or reports.
• Demonstrated ability in policy development, service development and planning
• Demonstrated experience in teaching of medical under- and post-graduate students
• Extensive experience and demonstrated ability to work with clients with severe personality disorders particularly borderline personality disorder and complex trauma disorders as well as relevant public sector treatment systems
• A sound knowledge of the literature on the understanding and treatment of clients with severe personality disorders particularly borderline personality disorder and complex trauma disorders
• Hold a current drivers licence.

Desirable

• Advanced Training in psychotherapies certificate from RANZCP

• In addition to clinical qualifications (above), postgraduate qualification(s) in health or public sector leadership.
• Advanced therapeutic skills in group and/or individual therapy with clients with severe personality disorders particularly borderline personality disorder and complex trauma disorders
• Experience and/or qualifications in pedagogical frameworks suited to the public mental health sector
• A demonstrated ability to innovate and develop services relevant to Spectrum’s mission.
• Research experience in the field of severe personality disorders particularly borderline personality disorder and complex trauma disorders, as demonstrated by publications in academic refereed journals.

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application

Contact Person: A/Prof Sathya Rao
Contact Email: sathya.rao@easternhealth.org.au
Job Posting End Date: 20 December 2024

Need help submitting your application?
Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]
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