Psychiatrist - Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) at Cabrini Elsternwick's Lisa Thurin Women's Health Centre
Join the team at Cabrini Elsternwick and be part of Australia's first private women’s-only mental health service, dedicated to providing compassionate, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented care.
At the Lisa Thurin Women's Health Centre, we understand the unique mental health challenges women face. Our service is designed to address mood disorders, complex trauma including PTSD, burnout, and sleep disorders through a holistic approach. We offer a personalized 7–10-day inpatient stay combined with an intensive community day program to support each woman's path to recovery.
Our multidisciplinary team includes specialist psychiatrists, mental health nurses, clinical psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, art therapists, music therapists, dietitians, and exercise physiologists. Each professional brings a wealth of experience and dedication to delivering excellent care.
Role:
As a Psychiatrist VMO at Cabrini Women’s Mental Health Hospital, you'll play a vital role in delivering contemporary, compassionate care tailored to women. This is your chance to be part of an innovative service that provides comprehensive inpatient and intensive day programs.
Why Join Us?
Clinical support from junior medical officers (JMOs) and advanced psychiatric trainees.
Weekly professional clinical reviews.
Opportunities to educate and supervise JMOs, advanced psychiatric trainees, and other health professionals.
Involvement in cutting-edge research and quality improvement initiatives in women’s mental health.
The role is located at The Cabrini Specialist Centre, Elsternwick, and offers:
Six generous, refurbished consulting suites with incentives for admitting psychiatrists.
Premium quality amenities.
Central location.
Onsite free parking for medical staff.
Located near diagnostic services.
The benefits of working with Cabrini Women’s Mental Health:
Opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team.
Opportunities to engage with clinical research or to initiate research projects.
Incentives for Private consulting.
About you
You are driven by passion, energy, and a strong commitment to improving mental health outcomes for women.
Additionally, you possess:
Understanding of the unique challenges and needs of women’s mental health.
A dedication to maintaining high standards of practice through regular clinical review, ongoing training, and engaging in professional development activities.
A relentless pursuit of excellence in women-focused care, ensuring that every patient receives the highest level of attention and support.
A commitment to evidence-informed practice, integrating the latest research and clinical guidelines into your treatment approach.
Current AHPRA registration, along with valid professional indemnity and other relevant insurance, ensuring compliance with professional standards and legal requirements.
Your expertise and dedication will play a vital role in our mission to provide exceptional mental health care tailored to the specific needs of women.
Enquiries should be directed to:
Dr Lisa Albert – 0466 891 894 or Sharon Sherwood – 0422 290 075
Working for Cabrini
Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s south east. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, we have been providing quality, compassionate care to our community for 75 years.
There is something special about Cabrini. Wherever we work, we are compassionate, connected people transforming lives together. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.
Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.
Cabrini is an equitable and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a safe environment for children and vulnerable people.
Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI
Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for Influenza and COVID-19 (including boosters), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.