This comprehensive mental health service in Cairns, Queensland is seeking a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist to help deliver high-quality mental health care to patients within the forensic mental health system.
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- Warm winters!
- Very short commute to work available.
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- Great community vibes.
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Job
You'll play a key role in providing forensic psychiatric care across the service, working with patients who have complex mental illness intersecting with the criminal justice system. The mhs multidisciplinary teams are composed of professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds, working together to offer a comprehensive range of patient centred mental health services.
The service settings include:
- Forensic Mental Health Services
- A 10-bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
- A 12-bed Adult Step Up Step Down Unit (sub-acute)
- Older Persons Psychiatry, and Consultation Liaison Services
- A 38-bed Acute Adult Mental Health Unit
- A 20-bed Community Care Unit
- Acute Care Teams, including teleservice and an emergency team
- Adult and Child & Youth Mental Health Community Care Teams
- Specialised therapeutic Services
- Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation
- Perinatal
- Rural & Remote
The job scope includes but is not limited to:
- Upholding the service values and acting professionally at all times.
- Ensure the highest quality of service.
- Provide clinical governance for forensic mental health services.
- Deliver assessment, risk formulation, and treatment for patients with mental illness within custodial, court liaison, and community forensic settings.
- Prepare court reports and provide expert testimony as required.
- Provide clinical leadership within mdts and oversee collaborative care planning.
- Participate in strategic and operational planning, including quality improvement initiatives.
- Deliver education and training to junior staff, medical students, and mental health clinicians on forensic psychiatry.
- Engage with patients, carers, correctional and justice agencies, non-mental health clinicians, and service providers to promote forensic psychiatry and maintain open communication about patient care.
- Maintain professional development.
Selection criteria
- FRANZCP with a Certificate of Added Training in Forensic Psychiatry, or eligibility for RANZCP substantial comparability or ESP with relevant forensic experience.
- Extensive experience in delivering forensic psychiatry services, including risk assessment and court-related work.
- Strong clinical and professional skills, including communication, time management, and conflict resolution.
- Expertise in managing patients with complex mental health needs within forensic settings.
- Leadership skills and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in fostering partnerships with correctional services, courts, and external service providers.
- Teaching experience for junior medical staff and other clinicians.
- Ability to gain knowledge of the Queensland Mental Health Act and Mental Health Court processes, and the ability to work in a cross-cultural environment.
- Strong clinical documentation and patient care management skills.
- A desire to participate in your professional development.
- Class C motor vehicle license is essential.
- Willingness to participate in an on-call roster.
For more information please email alasdair@spinnermedical.com or message +447414531583.
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