This mental health service in Queensland is seeking a Consultant in General Perinatal Psychiatry to help deliver high-quality mental health care.
You'll play a crucial role in providing top-tier mental health care for patients. 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, including in perinatal psychiatry.
As well as a perinatal service, other services and settings include:
- 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
- Forensic Mental Health Services
- 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.
- Lead best-practice mental health and addiction medicine services, both inpatient and community-based.
- 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.
- Engage with patients, carers, non-mental health clinicians, and service providers to promote psychiatry and maintain open communication about patient care.
- Maintain professional development.
Selection criteria
- FRANZCP or eligibility for RANZCP substantial comparability or ESP.
- Experience in perinatal psychiatry.
- Strong clinical and professional skills, including communication, time management, and conflict resolution.
- Expertise in managing patients with complex mental health needs.
- Leadership skills and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in fostering partnerships with non-mental health practitioners and external service providers.
- Teaching experience for junior medical staff and other clinicians.
- Knowledge of the Queensland Mental Health Act 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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