Director of Clinical Services – Mental Health Regional Public Health Service | Kimberley Region, Western Australia Total remuneration package AUD $592,536 – $704,991 p.a.

We are partnering with a large regional public health service delivering acute, community and specialist mental health services across one of Australia's most iconic and geographically vast regions. The Mental Health and Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) service spans an acute inpatient psychiatric unit at the region's principal hospital, a network of community-based mental health and AOD teams, and consultation-liaison psychiatry into smaller regional and remote hospitals. The service is delivered in close partnership with Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations, primary care, and non-government providers, with a genuine commitment to culturally safe, community-embedded care.

Your role

- Provide clinical governance and senior clinical leadership across the region's Mental Health and AOD services
- Partner with the Regional Manager of Mental Health and AOD to shape service strategy, clinical practice, and workforce development
- Lead the delivery of psychiatric services across the acute inpatient unit and community teams, including consultation-liaison into regional hospitals
- Maintain a clinical caseload delivering comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based psychiatric care
- Provide RANZCP-aligned supervision, mentorship, and professional support to psychiatry trainees and the broader medical workforce
- Ensure clinical practice aligns with the WA Mental Health Act (2014), national mental health standards, and Commonwealth and State strategic priorities
- Influence the design and delivery of mental health services across a genuinely diverse and geographically dispersed regional environment

What's on offer

- Total remuneration package AUD $592,536 – $704,991 p.a., dependent on experience and package composition
- Employer superannuation contributions




- Professional development leave and allowance
- Generous annual and personal leave provisions
- WA Health salary packaging with full FBT concessions, including options for novated leasing, meal and entertainment benefits
- District Allowance and Remote Area Housing entitlements aligned to regional/remote WA classification
- Attractive relocation support package for the right candidate
- Visa sponsorship available for eligible international candidates, including 482, 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional), and DAMA pathways where applicable — with genuine regional pathways to permanent residency
- Flexibility around clinical, leadership, education and service development components of the role

Requirements

- Unconditional Specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Psychiatrist
- Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP)
- Senior clinical and/or medical leadership experience, with demonstrated ability to provide effective clinical governance and lead multidisciplinary teams
- Strong generalist psychiatric skills, with experience across mental health and alcohol & other drug services
- Genuine commitment to medical education, workforce development, and culturally safe practice, particularly with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- Ability to work collaboratively with clinical, operational and community stakeholders across a geographically dispersed service setting
- SIMGs already on an approved RANZCP specialist pathway are welcome to apply
- Australian working rights, or eligibility for employer-sponsored visa
- National Police Check and compliance with WA Health immunisation and pre-employment screening requirements

Life in the Kimberley

The Kimberley is one of Australia's true frontier lifestyle regions — a vast, breathtaking landscape of red desert gorges, tropical coastline, ancient rock art, cattle country, and pristine islands, home to some of the oldest continuous living cultures on earth. Life here is

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