Director of Clinical Services - Mental Health Regional Service | Far North WA
Core
Provide clinical governance and senior clinical leadership for acute, community, and specialist mental health services in a vast regional area, including inpatient psychiatry and consultation-liaison.
Role type
Senior IC Psychiatrist (Clinical Director)
Builds
Acute inpatient psychiatric unit, community-based mental health and AOD teams, consultation-liaison services into regional hospitals
Domain
Mental Health and Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) services in a remote/regional Australian context
Deliverable
Production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Clinical governance, multidisciplinary team leadership, generalist psychiatric assessment and diagnosis, evidence-based psychiatric care, RANZCP-aligned supervision and mentorship, strategic service design
Preferred skills
Experience with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, medical education, workforce development
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide clinical governance and senior clinical leadership; Partner with Regional Manager to shape service strategy; Lead delivery of psychiatric services across acute and community teams; Maintain a clinical caseload for assessment and diagnosis; Provide supervision to psychiatry trainees and medical workforce; Ensure alignment with WA Mental Health Act and national standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership mandate
