We have an opportunity for an experienced Staff Specialist/Senior Staff Specialist to provide “best practice” psychiatric care to our patients in our Older Persons Mental Health Service. Your clinical expertise will be matched by your commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and a passion for continued self-education and development.

Job details

About the Role

We are incentivising health workers to move to Darling Downs Health, to take up a job in regional and remote Queensland. To find our if you are eligible, click here, payments commence 1 July 2023.

Working within the Older Persons Mental Health team, you will provide a high standard of care for patients and their families and ensure their needs are at the centre of all your decisions.  A high level of interpersonal communication skills are essential, as is an empathetic, kind and supportive approach to care.

You will receive a competitive remuneration package value up to $460,349 (L27) comprising salary rates between $100.78 (L18) and $127.77 p.h. (L27), motor vehicle allowance, professional development allowance, professional development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., regional attraction allowance, professional indemnity cover and private practice arrangements. Superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) will be applied additionally to the total remuneration value.

Why Darling Downs Health

Darling Downs Health's region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 28 facilities and treat more than 85,000 admissions to hospital, see greater than 158,000 people through our Emergency Departments, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 19,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  Darling Downs Health is committed to providing a safe, secure and supportive workplace that aligns with our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage.

In addition to the above, as a Darling Downs Health employee, you will receive these benefits:

• A wellness program;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development;
• Salary packaging; and
• Lower cost of living

How to Apply

For full details of this position, please ensure you download the Role Description which provides information on how to apply and outlines pre-employment checks that will be undertaken for the successful applicant. Please note that your curriculum vitae is to be provided in a standard template (linked in the area below).

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For more information about Darling Downs Health, please go to www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Candidate Application Guide (PDF, 198KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Medical Practitioner Curriculum Vitae v2 (PDF, 32KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Join Darling Downs Health Team v4 (PDF, 6.39MB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  DD2407574208 Role Description (PDF, 563KB)
  Role Description