The Role

Are you a Forensic Psychiatrist looking to move to sunny Queensland?

The service provides clinical care within the 70 beds in the High Security Inpatient Service, 34 beds in the Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Service and 20 beds in the Extended Forensic Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit or Prison Mental Health Service or Statewide Mental Health Intellectual Disability Service.

Responsibilities

- Provide leadership and accountability for the day‑to‑day activity of a clinical team within these Forensic and Secure Services.
- Draw upon your own clinical expertise and, in combination with the collaborative input of professional colleagues, help to maximise the team's potential capabilities in a transparent, safe and effective manner. Work collaboratively to plan tasks and implement clinical plans with measurable milestones, adapt to a changing environment and meet agreed time frames.
- Possess well‑developed clinical knowledge and skills in forensic mental health care and in the management of contemporary mental health service delivery.

Requirements

Applicants should be registered (or eligible for registration) as a specialist with the Medical Board of Australia and be a Fellow of the Royal Australian and Recent Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)



or equivalent as an overseas trained specialist who has completed their training in either the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA (ABPN certified) or New Zealand.

The Medical Board of Australia implemented a new expedited pathway to specialist registration in December 2024, eliminating the need for a specialist assessment with a specialist medical college for those with an accepted qualification in Psychiatry. The only accepted qualifications are MRCPsych and a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) after 2007. The Accelerated Pathway is available to UK candidates who aren’t eligible for the Expedited specialist pathway.

Location

Ipswich is centrally located in the south east Queensland region, only 40 minutes’ drive from Brisbane CBD and the Gold Coast. It offers a range of residential options from city living to coastal retreats and rural hinterland.

Benefits

We have a dedicated Registration Team that manages all aspects of your regulatory and temporary work visa applications after you accept a suitable job offer, at no cost to you. Our aim is to get you ready to start work within agreed timeframes and with minimal hassle to you or your employer.

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📌 Forensic Psychiatrist - Brisbane, Queensland (City of Ipswich)
🏢 Head Medical
📍 City of Ipswich