Consultant Psychiatrist – Townsville
Townsville, QLD
Job ID #21581
* $8062.00 – $10,221.70 per fortnight + Super
* Vibrant coastal regional city in tropical North Queensland
* Salary sacrificing options, on-call and recall allowances
About the position
* Provide high-quality clinical and non-clinical psychiatric services within the Rehabilitation Mental Health Services Program Area.
* Work in a supportive multidisciplinary environment with registrars, RMOs, and a highly skilled MDT delivering care to consumers with complex rehabilitation needs, including forensic, intellectual disability, and substance-use comorbidities.
* Engage in teaching, supervision, research, quality improvement, clinical leadership, and contribute to service planning as part of a major tertiary teaching hospital.
Remuneration
* Salary: L18–L27, $8062.00 – $10,221.70 per fortnight.
* Professional Development Leave: 3.6 weeks p.a.
* Annual Leave: 5 weeks p.a. with 14% loading.
* Superannuation: 12.5% employer contribution.
* Other benefits: Salary sacrificing options, on-call and recall allowances, and university-affiliated teaching and research opportunities.
About the hospital
* Public healthcare provider for more than 250,000 people across 21 facilities within a region spanning 150,000 km².
* The Mental Health Service Group operates within a recovery-oriented, consumer-centred framework, emphasising multidisciplinary care and culturally safe practice, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About the location
* Live in a vibrant coastal regional city in tropical North Queensland, offering an enviable lifestyle with outdoor recreation, national attractions, and access to the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding regions.
* Enjoy a diverse range of sports, education options, thriving employment sectors, and a rapidly expanding food and café scene along The Strand—voted Queensland’s best beach.
* Large tertiary hospital, providing specialist services to a population of over 700,000.
Essential requirements
* Fellowship with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), and eligibility for specialist registration with AHPRA.
* Ability to obtain and maintain a Scope of Clinical Practice (SoCP).
* Demonstrated substantial and recent experience in psychiatric practice, ideally with exposure to rehabilitation, forensic, or complex mental health cohorts.
* Valid Class C driver’s licence.
* Compliance with Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) requirements.
* Demonstrated capability in clinical leadership, multidisciplinary collaboration, communication, and high-quality patient-centred care.
Desirable requirements
* Experience or interest in Forensic Psychiatry.
* Accredited RANZCP supervisor or willingness to undertake accreditation.
* Experience in research, teaching, and quality improvement activities.
* Demonstrated ability to work effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and deliver culturally safe services.
* Advanced skills in managing complex consumer cohorts, including those with intellectual disabilities or substance misuse challenges.
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