The new WA Health System Medical Practitioners Agreement 2024 - 2026 guarantees remuneration for this Clinical Director post as the following:
- Current: Up to $508k + oncall, recall etc.
- From Sep 2025: Up to $524k + oncall, recall etc.
- From Sep 2026: Up to $544k + oncall, recall etc.
Package includes:
- Base salary and private practice allowance.
- Professional development allowance - paid to you along with salary.
- Head of Department Allowance.
- Employer paid superannuation.
- Work visa and permanent residency support.
Figures above do not include oncall, recall and penalty shift allowances.
Job highlights
- From 2026 : package up to $544k + additional allowances.
- Contract: 80hrs fortnight.
- Work base 1hr from Perth metro.
- Enjoy regional lifestyle with a major city of population 1million + closeby.
This public health service provides services adjacent to Perth’s metropolitan boundaries extending North and East into parts of WA. The mental health service provides care to a broad range of the population. Clinical programs include Adult Mental Health (18-65yrs), CAMHS (0-18yrs), Older Age Mental Health (5yrs+) and a Youth service (15-24yrs). The service also includes an Aboriginal Mental Health Program (all ages).
There is a mental health MDT which includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, CAMHS professionals, community mental health nurses and Aboriginal liaison staff. These teams are locally based and based in the 4 main towns in the region. The local population tends to access more complex, higher acuity services from the metropolitan hospitals in Perth.
Key responsibilities
- Clinical services.
- Leadership.
- Safety, quality and risk.
- Service reporting and representation.
Selection criteria
- FRANZCP or equivalent.
- Ability to provide clinical leadership to consultant psychiatrists and a MDT.
- Able to implement, observe and evaluate governance and quality systems.
- Capability to provide undergrad and postgraduate teaching and supervision.
- First class communication skills.
- Ability to foster, develop and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships.
For more information about this position, the new ESP for UK trained psychiatrists and the new WA industrial agreement please contact Alasdair Spinner
alasdair@spinnermedical.com
Message/Whatsapp +44 7414531583
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