Page 2746 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 21 September 2022
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e) Follow up appointments are scheduled as clinically indicated this will determine the time an individual must wait for an appointment. Majority of psychiatrists within MHJHADS have emergency appointments available, if required.
9) The average tenure of a psychiatrist at CHS is 11 to 12 years.
10) When a person is referred to mental health services, they are allocated an appointment with the relevant multidisciplinary team member based on the outcome of a triage assessment. For individuals who are assessed as requiring an appointment with a psychiatrist, they are allocated to the next available appointment. Mental health does not operate on a wait list model.
11) A psychiatric registrar is a junior doctor who has completed medical training and a mandatory internship to gain experience across a range of medical specialties, including psychiatry. If the psychiatric registrar is interested in pursuing psychiatry as a specialty, they will apply for registrar positions and work across a range of different psychiatric disciplines such as general adult, acute and community based, older persons mental health, and child and adolescent mental health. Psychiatric registrars are able to apply and join the training program of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). The training program is a minimum of five years duration and involves an undertaking of a formal education program, workplace based practical assessments, as well as formal exams. On successful completion of the training program, they are awarded an internationally recognised qualification.
12) As at 16 June 2022, the identified psychiatric registrars is listed below
|
Registrar |
34 |
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Senior Resident Medical Officer |
4 |
|
Career Medical Officer |
4 |
|
Senior Career Medical Officer |
2 |
Note: This is individuals, not FTE, all undertaking the work of a psychiatric registrar
13) As per response for question 8c.
14) For individuals who require a psychiatric assessment, the level of care and treatment required from the multidisciplinary team is determined on a case-by-case basis, therefore the level of medical support one person requires will be different to another. This is also determined by a person’s clinical presentation and degree of risk.
15) The service is committed to supporting ongoing recruitment of psychiatrists and psychologists and recognises this is a crucial area of focus, both nationally and internationally. MHJHADS senior clinicians attended the RANZCP Congress in Sydney in May 2022 to promote employment opportunities within CHS for medical staff, as well as nurses and allied health professionals. MHJHADS provides a range of opportunities for psychologists and psychiatrists inclusive of supervision, mentoring and training for professional development to attract and retain our workforce. MHJHADS additionally ran a recruitment campaign through LinkedIn in 2021 to attract staff to work for the service which continues to be advertised through CHS social media channels.
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