We are currently recruiting for dedicated Consultant Psychiatrists. We offer a variety of flexible employment arrangements to suit different career needs, including: Sessional, Casual, Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time, Fixed-Term Full-Time or Part-Time appointments, with the possibility of extension(s) and/or permanency.
This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) is the perfect place to start!
TheRockingham Peel Group(RkPG) provides mental health services to adults and older adults across the Kwinana, Rockingham, Mandurah, Pinjarra and Waroona communities. Known collectively known as Peel Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health Service (PaRK MHS), this organisation is dedicated to delivering safe, high-quality care within a supportive work environment and culture.
PaRK Mental Health Service offers a broad suite of services tailored to meet diverse mental health care needs, including both inpatient (including ECT program) and community-based care. Speciality services available include emergency department liaison, consultation liaison, day therapy, hospital in the home, early episode psychosis, assertive community treatment, perinatal, GP liaison, drug and alcohol services, aboriginal mental health services, community step-up and step-down accommodation, amongst others.A range of therapeutic programs are available to support recovery including CBT, DBT, rehabilitation services and peer support. We take pride in our strong links with community partners and the wider community to provide coordinated and holistic care.
About the Role
The Consultant Psychiatrist at PaRK MHS is responsible for the mental health assessment, treatment, and management of patients with mental health illness. This includes the provision of service to patients' families and carers. You will work within a collaborative multidisciplinary team (MDT) environment and work closely with other agencies to promote close community partnerships.
In this role, you will lead the MDT in delivering specialist mental health services to patients. You will promote patient safety and quality of care. You will provide leadership, orientation, training, supervision, and ongoing education, where relevant, for Doctors in Training, medical officers, and other health workers. You will also collaborate closely with the Director/Head of Department and fellow Consultants to achieve national, state and South Metropolitan Health Service performance standards and targets.
Our values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.
Want to know more?
We encourage you to contact Renee Forbes on 08 6557 48***or email************@health.wa.gov.au.
Application Instructions
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CLOSING DATE: Monday 09 February 2026 at 4:00pm (AWST)
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
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