Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services are looking for a Clinical Director to join the Adult Mental Health team at Princess Alexandra Department, to lead their ED and Inpatients team. This role will provide high quality psychiatric services and demonstrate clinical leadership to Mental Health ED and Inpatient Departments within the Division of Mental Health Services at Princess Alexandra Hospital. The successful candidate will provide strong clinical leadership and support the strategic direction for high quality service provision within Princess Alexandra Hospital catchment area.

Job details

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• Provides direct psychiatric clinical services to consumers of mental health in Princess Alexandra Hospital and will lead Community Mental Health Teams in delivering high quality clinical care to patients within the MSAMHS.
• Provide high level of clinical leadership in clinical care provision and in the development and review of clinical practice and of procedures, protocols and policies that support the provision of appropriate, evidence based, timely and seamless care for consumers within mental health services, Princess Alexandra Hospital.
• Contribute to the body of professional knowledge through presentations at local, state, national and international meetings and by publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Participate in professional development activities for all members of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health team
• Adhere to the role of Authorised Psychiatrist and Clinical Director role provisions as per the Mental Health Act 2016 e.g. completion of legal reports including psychiatrist Reports and Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT) reports in a timely manner and attendances in MHRT meetings.
• Foster an environment of education, quality improvement, evidence-based practice and reflective feedback and learning.
• Provide supervision/teaching opportunities to Registrars, Junior Medical Staff, RANCZP trainees and other professional staff within the Service.
• Demonstrate capacity to provide leadership in relation to research, learning and evaluation activity.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.

Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives

This process may be used to appoint to same or similar vacancies for a period of up to 12 months after the closing date of the initial vacancy. A vacancy advertisement will lapse if no appointment is made within six months of the closing date of the vacancy.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• Information for Applicants (PDF, 263KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MSM04561199 RD - closing 26.05.2024 (PDF, 1.09MB)
  Role Description