Clinical Director Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist

Ensure development and maintenance of specialist health services to the Cairns HHS, ensuring appropriate, effective, efficient, integrated, safe clinical services in accordance with contemporary standards. The role provides Clinical Leadership and assumes overall Clinical Responsibility for the Mental Health & AODS Stream.

Join a team of 30+ permanent local psychiatrists and 40 training registrars practicing in all subspecialties. We have unique and specific areas of mental health such as rural practice (generalist psychiatry) in the beautiful Cairns hinterland and remote outreach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities in Cape York to practice cross-cultural psychiatry.

Work in our amazing new facilities; $70million 53 bed Mental Health Unit opened in February 2025; new Adolescent Unit opening later in the year followed by a Mother Baby Unit. Continue learning in our supportive and friendly peer review groups and research networks. Train the next generation in our robust in-house education programme in protected time.

Besides the excellent work opportunities, Cairns offers a unique lifestyle suitable to a wide variety of interests. Cairns is in the heart of the tropical north and is the primary gateway to northern Australia. Cairns is an ideal base to explore the wider region with front door access to the Great Barrier Reef, rainforests and outback locations.

About us:

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

What we offer;

Fulltime Base salary up to $ p.a. (L25 – L27) or $ p.a. (L18 – L24)

Clinical Managers Allowance

Professional development allowance

Motor vehicle allowance

General attraction and retention allowance

Regional and rural attraction allowance

Locality allowance

Professional development leave

Why choose Cairns?

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Permanent Full time Staff Specialist with Temporary Fulltime Clinical Director component for 3 years.

Applications will remain current for 12 Months. Job Ad Reference: CAH663669

Purpose of the role

We are looking for a Clinical Director Mental Health & Alcohol & Other Drugs Services to facilitate the delivery of high-quality mental health care to patients of the Cairns and Hinterland Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (MHAODS), includes Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service.

Your opportunity

As the Clinical Director Mental Health & AOD Service you will facilitate the delivery of high-quality mental health care to patients of the Cairns and Hinterland Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (MHAODS). You will train the next generation in our robust in-house education programme, whilst continuing to learn in our supportive and friendly peer review groups and research networks. Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

How to Apply:Please download the Role Description and Information Package for Applicants (at the links in the boxed area above) for instructions on how to apply for this role. If you have difficulty viewing this role description in .pdf format, please contact Recruitment Services on ( ) to request it in .doc format. Please note that if the information requested in the 'how to apply' section is not provided, plus the now mandatory requirement for all curriculum vitae to be provided in a standard template (located at the link in the boxed area above), you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application. The Information Package for Applicants outlines pre-employment checks that will be undertaken for successful applicants.