Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

 

  • A new wage agreement has been offered, proposing up to $615k Plus oncalls for eligible consultants. 
  • Manageable workload with excellent registrar support.
  • Darwin, Northern Territory - modern city with a population of 153k.

 

Darwin is a modern, cosmopolitan city. It is the Northern Territory's administrative, governmental, academic and cultural centre. From Darwin you can fly to China, Singapore, Indonesia (Bali), East Timor as well as Aussie cities.

 

The industrial agreement pertaining to senior medical practitioners working in Darwin is excellent. It has lucrative provisions and benefits for oncall, call-back, overtime, working on public holidays etc. 

 

The mental health service requires a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry to work in a permanent, full-time capacity. You will provide clinical care within both inpatient and outpatient settings, participate in teaching medical students and post-graduate trainees. You must be comfortable working in a cross-cultural environment and be excited about working with Aboriginal and Torres Islander people. You will also have had demonstrable experience working in MDT settings and be a confident leader, ensuring you are a positive role model in the workplace. Other duties include involvement in clinical governance, quality improvement, risk minimisation etc. There will be research opportunities and you will be joining an existing team of collaborative and friendly senior clinicians.

 

 

Selection criteria

  • FRANZCP or specialist training completed in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada or South Africa.
  • Applicants trained in UK will be elgible for expedited specialist pathway or RANZCP accelerated pathway.
  • Broad experience in child and adolescent psychiatry within MDT settings.
  • A compassionate and collaborative approach to your work with patients at the centre. 
  • Experience in transcultural settings. 

 

For more information please get in contact about this job. Or, if this location doesn't suit but you would like more information about working in Australia such as the registration process, remuneration available, health service structure and so on , please get in touch for for a friendly and non-obligatory chat with leading psychiatry and medical recruitment agent Alasdair Spinner.

 

+447414531583 - call/text

 

or email alasdair@spinnermedical.com 

 

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters of Australia and the Torres Strait. We acknowledge them as the first inhabitants of Australia and the traditional custodians of the lands. We also pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Benefits: 
Darwin. New proposed pay award 2026 up to $587k; 2027 $601k ; 2028 $615k plus oncalls & other applicable allowances.
Location: 
Northern Territory, Australia
Type: 
Permanent
Discipline: 
Consultant/Specialist
Job Posted: 
Fri, 09 Jan 2026
Closing Date: 
Fri, 23 Jan 2026
Reference: 
917

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