Medical Director / Consultant Psychiatrist

Medical Director / Consultant Psychiatrist (Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation) |

An exciting opportunity is available for a Consultant Psychiatrist to combine senior clinical practice with medical leadership within a specialised Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Service .

This position offers a permanent Consultant Psychiatrist appointment with an initial three-year Medical Director leadership role, making it ideal for psychiatrists seeking progression into senior management while maintaining clinical practice.

✔ Medical Director leadership appointment (initial 3-year term)
✔ Permanent Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist position
✔ Salary package up to approximately AUD $275K base salary + super + allowances
✔ Motor vehicle allowance
✔ Professional development allowance and leave
✔ Overtime and on-call allowances
✔ Salary packaging benefits
✔ Leadership, teaching, and service development opportunities
✔ Work within a specialist secure mental health rehabilitation service
✔ Attractive Gold Coast lifestyle

You will provide specialist psychiatric care while leading a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team within a secure mental health service.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering consultant-level psychiatric assessment and treatment.


• Providing clinical leadership for a specialist secure rehabilitation unit.


• Managing and supporting multidisciplinary patient care teams.


• Driving service development, clinical governance, and quality improvement initiatives.


• Providing education, supervision, and mentoring for junior medical staff.


• Supporting workforce development and medical education programs.


• Participating in after-hours and on-call psychiatry rosters.


• Promoting recovery-oriented and patient-centred rehabilitation services.

• Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) or equivalent.


• Specialist registration (or eligibility) with AHPRA.


• Experience in rehabilitation psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, or related fields.


• Demonstrated leadership and management capabilities.


• Strong multidisciplinary teamwork and communication skills.


• Commitment to medical education, supervision, and service development.


• Experience in rehabilitation and recovery-focused mental health care is highly desirable.

• Advanced Certificate in Rehabilitation Psychiatry.


• Advanced Certificate in Addiction Psychiatry.


• Advanced Certificate in Forensic Psychiatry.


• Previous clinical leadership or medical management experience.

This is a rare opportunity to combine senior psychiatric leadership with specialist clinical practice in a secure rehabilitation setting.

The role offers a pathway into medical leadership while maintaining direct patient care responsibilities and provides significant influence over service development, workforce education, and rehabilitation-focused mental health care delivery.

For psychiatrists interested in rehabilitation, forensic, or complex mental health services, this represents one of the more attractive leadership opportunities currently available in Queensland.

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