As a Staff Specialist Psychiatrist, this role is responsible for delivering high-quality patient care in a clinical leadership capacity.
The Deputy Clinical Director position provides psychiatric services to patients and assists the departmental director in providing management and professional leadership.
This role will provide training, education, and supervision to junior medical staff and other healthcare team members.
About this role
* Deliver high-quality patient care as a Staff Specialist Psychiatrist
* Contribute to the development of clinical policies and procedures
* Promote a culture of excellence and professionalism within the mental health service
This is a large teaching hospital located in a metropolitan coastal area of Queensland serving a population of 600,000 people.
The Mental Health Service comprises inpatient, outpatient, and community teams with 130 inpatient beds:
* A 50-bed psychiatric unit with an ICU sub-unit
* A 10-bed acute young adult unit
* An 8-bed child and youth unit
* A 16-bed aged care unit
* A 59-bed extended care, rehabilitation, and psycho geriatric unit
Some services include adult and child consultation/liaison services, an emergency psychiatric service, 2 adult and 2 child and adolescent community clinics, and a mobile intensive therapy team.
This city is one of the fastest-growing in Australia and is a thriving international resort.