- Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
- Major mhs, well staffed with over 65 FTEConsultants, 75 FTE Registrars and 22 FTE Resident Medical
Officers
- Package of up to $530k plus oncall allowances. Includes base salary, PPA, car and CPD allowances and superannuation.
Package includes managerial allowance, $22k CPD allowance, and up to $28k car allowance and private practice allowances.
You'll provide specialist clinical support in forensic psychiatry across inpatient and community settings, contributing to a culture of medical education and safe, patient-centred clinical practice.
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide specialist clinical support in forensic psychiatry within a patient-centred approach.
- Deliver high-quality, evidence-based patient care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
- Supervise junior medical staff, including their assessment skills, record-keeping, and response to emergencies.
- Contribute to quality assurance, clinical governance, audit, and critical incident review.
- Support education and training, including supervision of registrars, PHOs, junior doctors, and students.
- Prepare court documents and reports as required.
- Participate in the ECT roster covering Gold Coast University Hospital and Robina Hospital.
- Support research and research translation within the division.
The health service
The public sector health service provides healthcare to more than 740,000 people across one of Australia’s most desirable regions.
The service covers a growing city in South East Queensland with major hospitals at Southport and Robina, strong specialist services, universities, national sporting teams, beaches, hinterland and a genuinely family-friendly lifestyle.
Selection criteria includes but is not limited to:
- MBBS or equivalent registrable with the Medical Board of Australia.
- FRANZCP or equivalent acceptable to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists - please contact me for more information. Applicants eligible for RANZCP AP or Ahpra ESP will be highly regarded or already assessed/registered on either.
- Specialist additional qualifications in Forensic psychiatry would be very useful.
- Strong clinical leadership experience in multidisciplinary mental health settings.
- Experience supervising and training junior medical staff.
- Commitment to clinical governance, quality improvement and safe patient care.
- Ability to contribute to service development, commissioning and medical workforce planning.
- Willingness to participate in the after-hours and on-call roster for Mental Health and Specialist Services.
This is a rare opportunity to live and work in the Gold Coast or the Brisbane metropolitan area, with the scope to influence its clinical culture, and forensic psychiatry service.
Contact us now to discuss this opportunity.
e: alasdair@spinnermedical.com
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