About the Opportunity
An outstanding opportunity exists for an experienced and motivated Visiting Medical Officer - Psychiatrist to provide strong clinical leadership within the Wagga Wagga Mental Health Inpatient Unit (WWMHIPU) and Older Persons Unit.
Responsibilities
* Deliver high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric care to consumers in the inpatient setting.
* Provide strategic and clinical leadership to ensure safe, contemporary, and patient-centred mental health services.
* Oversee recruitment, retention, and management of junior medical staff, including rostering, performance appraisal, and professional development.
* Maintain a robust clinical governance framework for the medical workforce, ensuring compliance with best practice standards and legislative requirements under the Mental Health Act.
* Work collaboratively with the inpatient leadership team to achieve service KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Provide clinical leadership and direct psychiatric care within WWMHIPU and Older Persons Unit.
* Fulfil obligations as Medical Superintendent under the Mental Health Act.
* Drive service development that reflects community needs, incorporating consumer and carer feedback.
* Lead initiatives in clinical governance, risk management, and quality improvement.
* Foster teaching and supervision of medical students, residents, psychiatry trainees, and GP procedural trainees.
* Chair the ECT Committee and maintain expertise in contemporary treatments.
* Promote research and innovation to enhance service quality and outcomes.
What We’re Looking For
* Specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia in Psychiatry (FRANZCP).
* Demonstrated leadership in clinical governance and workforce management.
* High-level communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Proven ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
* Commitment to teaching, research, and continuous quality improvement.
* Availability to participate in on-call rosters and provide timely onsite response.
* Alignment with NSW Health CORE Values: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment.
* Compliance with Working With Children Check, National Criminal Record Check, and Vaccination Category A requirements.
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