Clinical Director - FYMHWS - Community & Custody
Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service – Parkville VIC
Clinical Director - Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (community and custody) Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)
Shape a statewide forensic youth MH service and lead early intervention, complex care & system-wide consultation.
Shape a new statewide forensic youth MH early intervention service.
Provide expert consultation on complex, high-risk youth cases.
Lead system-wide collaboration across justice, health & education.
About Us:
Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)
is Victoria's newest public mental health service dedicated to the care of young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing complex mental health challenges.
PYMHWS is leading a bold and values-driven transformation in youth mental health care across Melbourne's north and west. We exist to walk alongside young people, their families, carers, supporters and kin delivering care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience. Our service model is shaped by the voices of young people and their communities, and underpinned by a commitment to safety, equity, and continuous learning.
At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build in a future where all young people can access world-class mental health support, close to home. As we grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled, and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health in Victoria.
The Opportunity:
This is a rare, generational opportunity for a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist to help shape a groundbreaking statewide forensic youth mental health service. The Clinical Director - Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS) (Community and Custodial) is a senior leadership position providing medical, clinical and strategic oversight of the statewide FYMHS program. This encompasses both community and custodial forensic youth mental health services. The role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, evidence-informed, trauma-responsive and developmentally appropriate care for young people involved in, or at risk of involvement in, the youth justice system.
The Clinical Director reports to the PYMHWS Chief Medical Officer and works collaboratively to provide integrated medical leadership across FYMHS.



The Clinical Director holds delegated responsibility for their portfolio while contributing to service-wide clinical governance, workforce development, quality and safety, strategic planning, service improvement and stakeholder engagement.
The Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS) forms part of the specialist clinical programs of PYMHWS. FYMHS aims to deliver effective early treatment of mental ill health and to improve health and social outcomes for young people in, or at risk of entering, the youth justice system.
As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide specialist forensic youth psychiatric expertise through consultation, assessment, formulation and treatment planning for young people with complex mental health, neurodevelopmental and trauma-related presentations. You will support multidisciplinary teams, contribute to clinical leadership and governance, and play a key role in strengthening system capability and coordinated care.
This is a unique opportunity to influence both individual outcomes and broader system reform, working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to shape early intervention responses across Victoria.
Why Join PYMHWS?
Work within a highly skilled, multidisciplinary forensic MH team
Shape a statewide early intervention and prevention service model
Contribute to innovative approaches in forensic youth MH care
Work with complex, meaningful and high-impact clinical presentations
Provide specialist consultation across multiple service systems
Collaborate with passionate, values-driven and visionary leaders
Robust culture of reflective practice, learning and innovation
Ongoing professional development, supervision and growth pathways
Flexible, inclusive and supportive workplace culture
Salary packaging up to $11,600 tax-free + additional benefits
Access to EAP and a strong focus on staff wellbeing
What You'll Do:
Within the FYMHS Team, the role will provide medical care and supervision of a multidisciplinary team specialising in the provision of a evidence based interventions including diagnostic assessments,



targeted interventions and supporting a new lived experience and carer lived experience workforce embedded within the clinical program.
To work closely with the FYMHS Stream Leadership to provide a high level of leadership, governance and expertise to PYMHWS Custodial FYMHS. This includes oversight of the care delivered at the two 4-bed mental health units at Cherry Creek Youth Justice Facility.
To provide expert clinical leadership to the custodial clinical teams, including maintaining high clinical standards, team professional development and supervision of team registrars and other staff as needed.
To provide expert clinical leadership in the engagement of key stakeholders in the custodial environment.
To provide leadership more generally across PYMHWS by participating as requested in quality and risk, service development and innovation meetings as requested.
To provide supervision to both RANZCP Accredited Psychiatry Registrars and PGY2 doctors
To participate in the PYHMWS on call roster 5-6 weeks per calendar year
To participate in the PYMWS Medical Education and Training Program
About You:
Fellowship of RANZCP (FRANZCP) and AHPRA specialist registration
Ability to demonstrate knowledge and experience in all aspects of psychiatry, and with substantial experience in clinical practice with young people (aged ***** years) experiencing mental disorders.
Ability to demonstrate experience/ interest in working in a Forensic setting.
Strong expertise in complex assessment, formulation and risk management
Experience working within multidisciplinary and cross-sector systems
Excellent consultation, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership and supervision
Commitment to trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate care
Interest in service development, teaching and system capacity building
Knowledge of the Victorian Mental Health Wellbeing Act ****.
A Working with Children check
PYHMWS will organise a Police Check prior to commencement of employment
A current Victorian Driving license
For a confidential discussion, please contact
Dr Kausik Goswami, Clinical Director Acute and Admitted Care and FYMHS
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to support all applicants.
If you require any adjustments, please let us know via the application prompts or inform our People and Culture team if you're contacted for an interview.
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📌 Clinical Director - Fymhws - Community & Custody (Melbourne)
🏢 Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
📍 Melbourne