Consultant Psychiatrist

You will ensure personalised effective and timely clinical care to admitted and referred patients. You will assist the HOD and provide clinical strategic leadership for the successful delivery of admitted and non-admitted services, meeting clinical indicators.

Our 56-bed Mental Health unit provides a multidisciplinary service to people who need mental health care. The three wards on our unit include:

• 25-bed adult mental health ward
  
• 16-bed older adult mental health ward
  
• 15-bed secure ward
  

The Position

• Provides clinical leadership to all caregivers providing care to mental health patients
  
• Ensures efficient use of human and physical resources so that the specialty operates within the allocated financial, bed and clinic resources.
  
• Participates in training and other educational activities ensuring that the specialty meets the accreditation standards of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and the Postgraduate Medical Council of WA
  
• Works as a Consultant to provide specialist medical services to mental health patients within a Recovery oriented framework, adhering to principles elucidated in the National Framework for Recovery oriented Mental Health Services.
  
• Participates as a valued team member promoting and contributing to a supportive team environment. Actively participates in the clinical duties of the Department, including the Consultant after-hours and weekend roster, providing expert services at the Hospital.
  
• Familiarises themselves with their legal requirements of the prevailing Mental Health legislation of the state and operates within its parameters.
  
• Ensures completion of discharge summaries, coding and reporting requirements are met in a timely and accurate manner.
  
• Participates in the ECT treatment roster.
  
• Awareness of customs and community expectations when considering how best to coordinate care for Aboriginal patients.
  
• Participates in the on-call rosters for consultants.
  

Requirements

You will have registration from the Medical Board of Australia and have Fellowship of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry or equivalent.

You will have demonstrated substantial clinical experience in the management of high acuity patients in a complex hospital environment and ability to implement sustainable change to improve patient safety and reduce unnecessary delays in patient management.

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Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

Benefits

The Benefits

• Salary: $332,650 to $437,707 per annum, plus 11% superannuation
  
• Generous salary packaging options
  • Up to $15,900 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, or other everyday living expenses.
    
  • Up to $2650 on meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and venue hire
    
  • Access to novated leasing to use pre-tax dollars for a car and expenses.
    
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
  
• Permanent Full-time
  
• Professional Development Allowance $29,000 per annum
  
• 3 weeks Professional Development Leave per annum
  
• Purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave.
  
• Paid Parental leave 14 weeks full pay/28 weeks half pay.
  
• Unique and competitive overseas relocation support offered including assistance with Australian work visas with progression to permanent residency (where applicable)
  
• A personalised meet and greet and support with housing, school tours, temporary accommodation, taxation, banking and settling in
  
• Financial relocation assistance for eligible items