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Associate Professor/Professor of Psychiatry

Job Details

  • Exciting opportunity for an outstanding senior academic to provide clinical and academic leadership in psychiatry across the Westmead Precinct and Western Sydney Mental Health Services
  • Contribute to clinical research and educational programs of the Sydney Medical School and the Faculty of Medicine and Health from Westmead Clinical School
  • 5-year fixed-term position on a full-time basis with an attractive remuneration package

About the opportunity

The Faculty of Medicine and Health is the largest faculty in the University. This integrated faculty brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking and challenging the status quo by establishing productive research units that cross traditional academic school and discipline boundaries. We operate across four large health precincts (three metropolitan and one regional/rural) where University facilities are co-located with hospitals and medical research institutes.

We are currently seeking to appoint an outstanding academic at the level of Associate Professor or Professor of Psychiatry to provide clinical and academic leadership in the area of psychiatry across the West Precinct in partnership with Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) Mental Health Services. Situated within the Faculty's Sydney Medical School, at the Westmead Clinical School, the position's objectives are to:

  • increase high quality and internationally recognised clinical research, health services and health policy initiatives focused in mental health;
  • support the generation of basic, clinical or population-based research findings that address current government priorities in mental health;
  • generate research that is transformative in nature and achieves high impact in clinical practice transformation in the specialist NSW health sector;
  • Provide input into the teaching and assessment of medical students within the Specialty of Psychiatry; and
  • Support the teaching and training of health professionals more generally within the University and the WSLHD

There will be a clinical contribution (estimated at 0.4FTE position) within the WSLHD Mental Health Services, which will involve the clinical care of inpatients and/or outpatients.

The position will combine teaching and research and will contribute to the educational programs associated with the Sydney Medical School and the Faculty of Medicine and Health.

About you

The ideal candidate will possess relevant achievements in research and clinical experience in mental health disorders. The candidate will be expected to work with the relevant population matching their clinical expertise and address the full range of bio-psycho-socio-cultural aspects of mental illness and its treatment. They will be expected to support educational and research activity across the West Precinct including postgraduate education and support of the LHD's professional education programs.

Term and remuneration

The successful candidate will be offered a 5-year fixed-term position on a full-time basis, with the possibility for renewal subject to performance and funding agreement. The appointment is also subject to completion of a satisfactory probation period for new appointees.

The selected candidate will be offered an attractive remuneration package commensurate with the responsibilities of the position and the candidate's relevant experience and qualifications.

Relocation assistance will also be provided if required.

How to apply

Applications (including a cover letter, CV and response to selection criteria) must be submitted via the University's career site. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment/ and search by reference 0082474 for more information and to applt. Please refer to the candidate information brochure for further details, including the selection criteria.

Candidate Information Brochure - Associate Professor or Professor of Psychiatry

Intending applicants are welcome to seek further information about the position from Professor Cheryl Jones, Head of School and Dean, Sydney Medical School, on +61 2 9351 6570

For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or support filling out your application, please contact John Flynn (Senior Talent Partner, Senior Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Operations, Human Resources) on +61 481 564 562

Closing time: 11:59 pm (AEST) on Sunday 22 August 2021

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

© The University of Sydney

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

Company

The University of Sydney was established in 1850 and is consistently recognised, both locally and internationally, for its outstanding teaching and research excellence. Sydney alumni include Prime Ministers, Governor Generals, Nobel Prize winners and leaders in every field of endeavour.

The University offers a comprehensive range of courses, including a number of disciplines unique in Australia. Teaching is spread across nine different state-of-the art campuses, located across New South Wales.

The University of Sydney’s commitment to excellence in research has resulted in an outstanding record in national competitive funding and underpins an approach to teaching which has won nominations for excellence and resulted in high student satisfaction ratings. The University has 78 research centres and institutes and is home to three ARC Centres of Excellence.

The teaching, research and cultural life of the University is supported by extensive facilities, including the largest library collection in the Southern Hemisphere, the world-class Nicholson Museum of archaeological antiquities, the Macleay Museum of natural history and ethnographic collections and the University Art Gallery. Its outstanding sporting and recreation facilities provide a training centre for students and Olympic athletes.

The University of Sydney is a key member of the Group of Eight Australian major research-intensive universities, and the Worldwide Universities Network.

Campuses

The University of Sydney has nine official campuses.

1.         Camperdown/Darlington Campus.

2.         Cumberland Campus. Home to the Faculty of Health Sciences (based in Lidcombe).

3.         Mallett Street Campus. Home of the Sydney Nursing School.

4.         Sydney Conservatorium of Music Campus. In Macquarie Street, central Sydney.

5.         Rozelle Campus. Home to Sydney College of the Arts.

6.         Surry Hills Campus. Home to the Faculty of Dentistry.

7.         Camden Campus. Contains facilities connected to the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment.

8.         Burren Street Campus. Facilties are currently under development.

9.         Sydney Medical School campuses. These include the School of Rural Health (in Dubbo and Orange), the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Concord Hospital, Westmead Hospital, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Nepean Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health, and Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health.

Faculties

The University of Sydney has 16 faculties.

1. Agriculture and Environment

2. Architecture, Design and Planning

3. Arts and Social Sciences

4. Business (Business School)

5. Dentistry

6. Education and Social Work

7. Engineering and Information Technologies

8. Health Sciences

9. Law (Sydney Law School)

10. Medicine (Sydney Medical School)

11. Nursing and Midwifery

12. Pharmacy

13. Science

14. Sydney College of the Arts

15. Sydney Conservatorium of Music

16. Veterinary Science

Number of Employees

Full-time employees: 7616

For more information, please visit: http://sydney.edu.au/

Company info
Telephone
+(61) 2 9351 2222
Location
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
NEW SOUTH WALES
2006
Australia

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