Fractional and Full-time Psychiatrists at Orygen 

Are you interested in meaningful engagement and early intervention with young people (12-25 years old), providing leadership to enthusiastic mental health teams, and engaging with a world-leading translational research program?

• Join us in Orygen as a Sessional or Full Time Psychiatrist.
• Multiple roles across different services and programs.
• Based in Parkville, Sunshine and/or Footscray.

Current opportunities are available:

Position A:

Consultant Psychiatrist – Orygen RMH Mental Health Services – 42hpfn ongoing from now

Position B:

Consultant Psychiatrist – Orygen RMH Mental Health Services – 28hpfn ongoing from 03 July 2024

Position C:

Consultant Psychiatrist – Orygen YPARC - Psychiatrist – 28hpfn ongoing from now

Position D:

Consultant Psychiatrist –Orygen Consultant Psychiatrist – Keep Embracing Your Success (KEYS) residential care program – 14hpfn from now – June 2026

Your new role

We have new vacancies in the service as a result of new funding to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.

• Be involved with a rapidly expanding service, where primary and specialist care will be integrated in a single, pioneering service that is recognised internationally for excellence in youth mental health.
• Enjoy the research and translation culture of Orygen, a world-leading Translational Medical Research Institute.

We have a number of consultant vacancies in Acute and Sub-acute community services (Youth Access Team and HOPE), Bed-based services (Inpatient Unit, Hospital in the Home and YPARC), and existing Community Teams (Early Psychosis, Personality Disorders, Mood Disorders), as well as Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS), and headspace centres, implementing cutting edge clinical programs and clinical research.

Flexible EFT is available across several locations.

Some of the positions available represent unique opportunities to provide leadership to new or existing teams and streams of care. These are as follows:

Clinical and leadership positions can be combined for increased fractional or full-time roles.

Your new team: 

• Join a passionate group of medical and non-medical mental health professionals committed to providing outstanding evidence-based care to young people experiencing mental health difficulties.
• We are a team working together dedicated to striving for the best outcomes for young people.
• We enjoy a collaborative working environment as a multi-disciplinary team in an integrated service.

 About you:

You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to the mental health outcomes of young people.

In addition, you bring:

• Previous experience in youth mental health.
• A proven ability to lead a multidisciplinary team: manage staff resources and ensure high standards of practice through staff supervision, clinical review, training and professional development activities.
• Striving for the highest level of youth-focused care at all times.
• Ability to problem solve in a complex and ever-changing environment.
• A commitment to evidence-informed practice.

Benefit of working with Orygen Specialist Programs:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team.
• Commitment to your training and professional development. CPD activities are encouraged and fully supported.
• Opportunities to engage with clinical research or to initiate research projects 

Melbourne Health is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Orygen – leading the revolution

Orygen provides specialised early intervention services to young people. A comprehensive range of services is offered to young people experiencing severe and complex mental health issues, including assessment and treatment across the early phases of a number of disorders by multidisciplinary teams in community and inpatient settings.
  
Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it is what all young people deserve.
  
Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.
Through world-leading research, that creates change. Through pioneering reform, that delivers real-world practical solutions.
  
At Orygen, that’s the future we are creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.
  
Join the revolution
  
If you are keen to join Orygen and be part of our team challenging the status quo and reshaping the future for young people, apply now.

Orygen is dedicated to gender equality, diversity and inclusivity. We strive to continue to build a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD people. We strongly encourage applications from the First Nations people.

Interested? 

Please contact Dr Edward Mullen on 9966 9100.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencement.