Job Description:
This role offers an opportunity to work in a leading public hospital, collaborating with an integrated mental health service, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug services team, and a homeless health outreach team to ensure that patients receive appropriate and culturally safe care.
Key Responsibilities:
* Providing care to individuals living with mental health and associated substance use disorders
* Offering clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team
* Overseeing and reviewing clinical governance
* Contributing to the education and training of junior medical staff, medical students, mental health clinicians, other health professionals, and key stakeholders
Requirements:
* Strong communication skills and cultural awareness
* Commitment to respectful and inclusive care
* Able to work closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
Benefits:
* Competitive remuneration package
* Permanent, full-time clinical leadership role
* Opportunity to experience diverse Australian outback landscapes
* Safe, satisfying, flexible, and supportive work environment
* Attraction and retention incentive allowance
* Generous regional and rural attraction allowance
* Motor vehicle, professional development, and inaccessibility allowances
* 5 weeks annual leave with 17.5% loading
* Professional development leave 3.6 weeks per year
About The Area:
Mount Isa is a vibrant city with a rich mining heritage and thriving industrial sector. It is known as a global leader in copper, silver, lead, and zinc production, serving as the key commercial and administrative hub of the region.
The city offers a mix of modern amenities and outback charm, with a cosmopolitan population of 23,000, representing 56 different nationalities.
Visitors and locals can explore the town's mining past at the Hard Times Mine, uncover ancient history at the Riversleigh Fossil Discovery Centre, or enjoy outdoor adventures such as 4WD tours, water sports at Lake Moondarra, and unforgettable outback sunsets.