The largest major referral hospital in Far North Queensland caring for patients from the Torres Strait to Tully.
This hospital supports an estimated resident population of 289,000 and is a 531 bed facility
Accommodation and Travel Provided

Details

An Northern QLD hospital requires a Specialist in Psychiatry from 16/09/2026 to 27/06/2027.

Staff Specialist – CCT North/Central (Community Reliever)
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o Central - This is a community-based adult Mental Health Service based out of Cairns North. It provides continuing care to consumers in the Central area of Cairns. Most consumers have either a psychotic illness or severe mood disorder and there is a high homeless population. There is a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, one registrar, and a 0.6FTE consultant attending to ******* patients (including cloz GP shared care).
o North - This is a community-based adult Mental Health Service based out of Smithfield that provides continuing care to consumers in the North area of Cairns. Most of our consumers have either a psychotic illness or severe mood disorder. There is a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, one registrar, and a 0.6FTE consultant attending to ******* patients.
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call
o Christmas period – locum required for non-public holidays, no work on public holidays

Staff Specialist – Cairns – ED & Consultation Liaison
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o The Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service (CLPS) provides psychiatric assessment, support, and education to the inpatient wards of Cairns Hospital. Role offers wide range of patients referred including those admitted medically or surgically following suicide/self-harm, eating disorders, perinatal, neuropsychiatric presentations, medically unexplained symptoms & case-managed consumers who have been admitted to hospital for medical/surgical reasons. Role is supported by two training registrars and 2 experienced CNCs. Role would involve triaging referrals and offering comprehensive psychiatric assessments. Key part of this role is supporting medical/surgical teams via liaison meetings & education- focusing on high quality patient care especially of MH patients in a medical setting.
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call

Staff Specialist – Cairns – CCT South
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o This is a community-based adult Mental Health Service based out of ***** Roberts Road. It provides continuing care to consumers in the South area of Cairns. Most of our consumers have either a psychotic illness or severe mood disorder with high first nations and captures Yarrabah Indigenous community.



There is also a high volume of patients on SILS accommodation and Forensic orders. There is a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, one registrar, and a 0.6FTE consultant attending to ******* patients including Yarrabah and cloz shared care.
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call

Staff Specialist – Cairns – Remote West
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o Fly-in, Fly-out position to the Torres and Cape serving remote communities. The typical schedule is 1 week on outreach and the other based from cairns each fortnight. There is 1 registrar with this team who typically travels with the consultant. Hours are Monday to Friday ***********, travel can occasionally fall outside of these hours during outreach. Outreach accommodation and travel is arranged by the service. No nights, on call or weekends. Indigenous communities of Aurukun, Kowanyama, Pormpuraaw, Lockhart River, Napranum, Mapoon and townships of Weipa and Coen. FIFO one week in community and one week in Cairns V/C.
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call

Staff Specialist – Cairns – Rural Cassowary
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o This position services rural communities in the Cassowary region - primarily Innisfail, Tully, Kuranda and Mossman. Hours are Monday to Friday *********. The position is based out of Cairns 2 days per week and we prefer the consultant attend communities in person the other 3 days however there is capacity to modify this on a case-by-case basis. Clinic times are usually ********* to allow for travel to and from Cairns within business hours. On Cairns based days Drs attend to MDTs and VC clinics. There is 1 registrar attached to this team. No nights, on call or weekends. Mix of F2F, overnight accommodation and V/C from Cairns office. Supported by registrar and GP with advanced skills MH
o There is the potential for this role to be solely based in Cairns with no travel and all outreach via videoconference
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call

Staff Specialist – Cairns – Forensics
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o In this role, you shall be working alongside a permanent Forensic Psychiatrist, you will share clinical leadership across diverse teams, including:
• Court Liaison Service: Provide expert advice and assessments for clients in the criminal justice system, and watch houses.
• Community Forensic Outreach (CFOS):



Provide forensic expertise in assessment of risk, conduct and supervise specialise risk assessments, and contribute to the client's recovery and risk management.
• Prison Mental Health Service: Deliver mental health care within the correctional environment at the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre.
o This role ensures you work in a collaborative peer environment, allowing for robust clinical discussion and a balanced workload.
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call

Staff Specialist – Cairns – Inpatient South
• ASAP – ******** *UPDATED
• ******************* – Returning locums only *CURRENT
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call

Staff Specialist – Cairns – Inpatient Reliever
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o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call
o Christmas period – locum required for non-public holidays, no work on public holidays

Staff Specialist – Cairns – Remote East
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o Fly-in, Fly-out position to the East Cape serving remote communities. The typical schedule is 1 week on outreach and the other based from cairns each fortnight. There is 1 registrar with this team who typically travels with the consultant. Hours are Monday to Friday ***********, travel can occasionally fall outside of these hours during outreach. Outreach accommodation and travel is arranged by the service. No nights, on call or weekends. Supporting remote communities within Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula and Cooktown/Hopevale/Wujal Wujal).
o Monday to Friday ***********
o No nights
o No weekends
o No on call

For further information about this job, please contact Killian Duffy on ************.

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