The Cato Chair of Psychiatry and Head of Department
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 5 May 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Medicine & Dentistry
- Job Type
- Senior Management & Heads of Department, Heads of department / Chairs of department, Academic Posts, Professors / Chairs
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Continuing
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/School: Melbourne Medical School
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - 17% superannuation
Salary: An attractive remuneration package will be negotiated including clinical loading
The Melbourne Medical School continues to build its significant research and teaching capacity, develop the future medical workforce and enhance strong relationships with its partners. Under the leadership of Professor John Prins, the School is in an exciting phase of expansion and renewal, with a number of key leadership positions available.
The Cato Chair of Psychiatry is a leading Chair in Australia and is the academic Head of the Melbourne Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry. As a member of the School Executive, the Cato Chair plays a critical role in developing innovative and distinctive contributions in the areas of academic leadership, research, learning and teaching.
Building strong and successful partnerships, the Cato Chair contributes and promotes clinical excellence and research activities within North Western Mental Health (NWMH) as part of Melbourne Health, St Vincent’s Health and Austin Health. The Cato Chair will work closely with the Executive Director, NWMH to promote excellence in clinical care and enhance the strong research activities in NWMH. The Cato Chair will also collaborate with other research groups and partners to enhance and foster excellence in mental health teaching and research delivering best practice outcomes.
As an eminent authority in psychiatry, you will have a distinguished international record, demonstrated leadership in research, scholarship, and strategic academic management. Extensive experience in public mental health services with the ability to effectively collaborate, mentor others and represent the discipline in the community are essential.
The Cato Chair is based in the Department of Psychiatry in the Royal Melbourne Hospital located in the Parkville precinct, and oversees academic appointees located in other research centres, hospitals, offices and psychiatric units within Victoria.
Information for applicants
Applications will require a:
- cover letter
- resume
- response to selection criteria
We are in a time of expansion and growth, for more information about this and other opportunities please visit:
https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/about/join-the-melbourne-medical-school
Position Description
Advertised: 3 Apr 2019 02:00 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 05 May 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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