- 1st year package up to AU$570k plus oncall allowances (from July 2027)
- Coastal subtropical location with excellent amenities inc. very good private schooling.
- State of the art hospital and mental health service facilities.
Remuneration highlights:
- Up to $570k package plus on-call and other allowances (depending on years at consultant level).
- up to 28k per annum car allowance paid w. salary.
- $22k per annum professional development allowance paid w. salary.
- Private practice allowance
- Annual leave loading allowance.
- Employer paid superannuation 12.75% x base salary and qualifying allowances into pension, tax free.
- Relocation allowance.
Leave benefits:
- Long service leave bonus.
- 3.6weeks professional development leave.
- 13 public holidays.
Job scope
This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team delivering specialist psychiatric care to children, young people, and their families. Here, you'll conduct comprehensive psychiatric and risk assessments, lead recovery-focused interventions, and provide consultation across Emergency, Early Psychosis, Paeds, AODS, and community NGO services for 12–25 ages. This job spans inpatient, community, and telehealth — meaning real variety, real impact, and genuine reach into Queensland communities that need you most.
This is a role for a consultant psychiatrist who enjoys a lot of variety in their work. As well as community work, you'll also work within youth mental health and forensic psychiatry, advising courts and secure settings, chairing reviews, and shaping service development. This is a substantive, Australian career-defining position in one of Queensland's most beautifully located regional cities.
Community highlights
- Modern city on Australia’s eastern coastline.
- Affordable housing.
- Ideal location for families, couples or singles.
- Everything perfect for healthy outdoor living inc. beaches, parks, cricket ovals, fresh food, produce etc.
- Excellent airport connectivity w. rAustralia.
- Tropical climate - year round sunshine.
Service highlights
- 6 hospitals, 2 Multi-Purpose Health Services and 3 community health centres that employ more than 2700 staff.
- Community Child and Youth mental health services includes Assertive Mobile Youth Outreach Service, a Child and Adolescent Unit in the Base Hospital which has two designated mental health beds for crisis intervention cases and links with a Adolescent Unit in the case of prolonged admissions, in a sister city and health service.
- 24 bed acute mental health inpatient.
- 6 bed Step-Up Step-Down Unit.
- Guide MDT towards recovery focused care.
- Friendly, collegiate group including a large cohort of overseas trained psychiatrists.
- RANZCP accredited for supervised training.
Selection criteria
- High level clinical knowledge and proficiency in child and youth psychiatry.
- FRANZCP or SIMG RANZCP Accelerated pathway substantially comparable eligibility (UK CCT).
- Overseas trained psychiatrists already assessed by RANZCP as substantially comparable will be highly regarded.
- Experience and leadership in MDTs.
- Clinical practice and service delivery to encourage early intervention and prevention.
- Willingness to teach undergrad, postgrad, DiTs etc.
For more information please contact psychiatry recruiter Alasdair Spinner at alasdair@spinnermedical.com or call/message 44 7414 531 583 at the recruitment agency Spinner Medical Recruitment.
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