Consultant Psychiatrist – Child, Adolescent & Young Adult Services Regional Tertiary Public Health Service | North Queensland Total remuneration up to AUD $534,040 p.a. FTE (inclusive of incentives)

We are partnering with a large regional tertiary Hospital and Health Service delivering the full spectrum of public mental health care across a vast North Queensland catchment. Positions sit within an established Child, Adolescent and Young Adult mental health division based at a modern, purpose-built regional health campus, and are supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team, robust academic partnerships with a leading North Queensland university, and a network of 21 facilities spanning tertiary, regional, and remote outreach services.

The service provides complex secondary and tertiary psychiatric care to children, adolescents, and young adults across a comprehensive continuum, including:

- Acute adolescent inpatient care
- Community-based child and youth mental health teams
- A dedicated regional adolescent forensic mental health service
- An early intervention team focused on first-episode presentations and emerging serious mental illness

Your opportunity

- Deliver expert consultant psychiatric care across acute inpatient, community, forensic, and early intervention settings
- Rotate across teams aligned to your interests and expertise, or negotiate a stable primary attachment
- Contribute to the clinical leadership, teaching, and supervision of registrars, trainees, and the multidisciplinary workforce
- Engage in research and teaching through the service's university partnership
- Support outreach into rural, remote, and Indigenous communities — a genuine draw for clinicians with an interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health
- Play an active role in shaping and expanding a growing regional CAYAS service




- Positions available at Staff Specialist and Senior Staff Specialist level (L18–L27), dependent on experience

What's on offer

- Total remuneration package up to AUD $534,040 p.a. FTE (inclusive of incentives)
- Permanent full-time or part-time — hours genuinely negotiable
- Employer superannuation contributions
- Professional development allowance and leave
- On-call and other award allowances
- Generous annual and personal leave provisions
- Queensland Health salary packaging with full FBT concessions (including novated leasing, meal and entertainment benefits, and remote area advantages where applicable)
- Regional workforce incentives aligned to North Queensland classification
- Attractive relocation support package for the right candidate
- 482 and 494 visa sponsorship available for eligible international candidates
- DAMA pathway applicable to this location — offering age concessions to 55, expanded occupation eligibility, and enhanced pathways to permanent residency

Requirements

- Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) with completed or advanced training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Specialist registration, or eligibility for specialist registration, with the Medical Board of Australia
- SIMGs with a "Substantially Comparable" RANZCP outcome are strongly encouraged to apply — our client is genuinely open to overseas-trained specialists and has a robust track record of supporting international clinicians through the specialist pathway
- Current Class C driver's licence
- Ability to meet Queensland Health credentialling and Scope of Clinical Practice requirements
- Compliance with the service's Vaccine Preventable Disease screening and pre-employment check policies
- A genuine interest in working within a regional, culturally diverse service environment

Life in North Queensland

North Queensland offers a genuine lifestyle proposition that is increasingly rare in metropolitan

📌 Regional Lead, Child (Brisbane)
🏢 Mediix Recruitment
📍 Brisbane