Forensic Psychiatrist
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Staff Specialist / Senior Staff Specialist Regional Tertiary Public Health Service | North Queensland Total remuneration up to AUD $534,040 p.a. FTE (inclusive of incentives)
We are hiring on behalf of a leading North Queensland public Hospital and Health Service to recruit a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist into a genuinely rare combined role spanning adult and adolescent forensic mental health, custodial consultation, and specialist services within a well-established regional Mental Health Service Group.
About the service
Our client is a large regional tertiary Hospital and Health Service delivering the full spectrum of public mental health care across a vast North Queensland catchment, with strong academic links to a leading North Queensland university. The forensic psychiatrist appointment sits within the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Service (ATODS) and Specialist Services stream, working in close partnership with the region's adolescent forensic mental health service and the broader Child, Adolescent and Young Adult mental health division.
The service delivers forensic mental health input across:
- Adult community forensic mental health consultation and liaison
- The regional adolescent forensic mental health service — a rare opportunity to work across both adult and adolescent forensic populatio
