Description
Rockingham Peel Group, South Metropolitan Health Service, Western Australia
Salary: MP Year 1-9 $336,466 - $427,886 p.a. pro rata or $644.98 - $820.23 per session (inclusive of base salary and applicable allowances)
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 is the perfect place to start!
The Rockingham Peel Group (RkPG) provides mental health services to adults and older adults living in the communities of Kwinana, Rockingham, Mandurah, Pinjarra and Waroona, collectively known as Peel Rockingham Kwinana (PaRK). The PaRK mental health service is a vibrant and progressive organization whose mission is to provide safe and progressive patient care within a positive work environment and culture.
There is a broad suite of services available including adult and older adult inpatient (including an ECT program) and adult and older adult community services as well as a number of speciality services including 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. We offer a range of therapeutic programs including CBT, DBT, rehabilitation services and peer support. We take pride in our strong links with our community partners and the community at large.
Currently we are seeking Consultant Psychiatrists for various appointments. This includes Sessional, Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time, Fixed Term Full Time and Fixed Term Part Time appointments, with the possibility of extension(s) and/or permanency.
The PaRK MHS Consultant Psychiatrist is responsible for the mental health assessment, treatment and management of patients with mental health illness in the Peel, Rockingham and Kwinana catchment area. This includes the provision of service to their families and carers. You will work as a clinician within a multidisciplinary team environment and work closely with other agencies to promote close community partnerships.
The Consultant Psychiatrist leads the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist mental health services to patients. In this role, you will promote patient safety and quality of care. You will provide leadership, orientation, training, supervision and education, where relevant, for Doctors in Training, medical officers and other health workers. In collaboration with the Director/Head of Department and other Consultants, this position works to achieve national, state and South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) 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 4807 or email Renee.Forbes@health.wa.gov.au.
If you are ready to partner with us see the application instructions below:
- Applicants MUST apply online via MedCareersWA.
- Click “Apply” to access the expanded advert including detailed information about how to apply.
Advert Close: Friday 31 January 2025 at 4:00pm (AWST)
MedCareersWA Ref: 492575 / Pool Ref 00112943 VCID927126
