• Fly-in fly-out position to the Torres and Cape serving remote communities. The typical schedule is 1 week on outreach and the other based from Cairns each fortnight
• No nights. No weekends. No on call.
• The cost of accommodation, flights and car hire will be reimbursed for this placement - outreach accommodation and travel is arranged by the service

Details

A Northern QLD hospital requires a Specialist in Psychiatry from 16/01/2025 to 31/12/2025.

SHIFTS:

Staff Specialist – Child and Youth
ASAP – 07.02.25
03.02.25 – 14.03.25
24.02.25 – 28.02.25 *UPDATED
31.03.25 – 31.12.25
05.05.25 – 30.05.25 *UPDATED
11.08.25 – 31.12.25 *UPDATED
CYMHS community & CYMHS rural and remote – some outreach clinics required. Potentially some capacity for CYMHS inpatient.
C&Y Cape York and Torres Strait from April and ongoing.
Monday to Friday 0800 – 1630

Staff Specialist – Inpatient
ASAP – 04.04.25
CRITICAL VACANCY – FROM 20.01.25
Brand new facility from early Feb
One of 5 inpatient teams supported by registrar, RMO and interns. 5th team is a new PICU dedicated team (not required for this role).The ward operates off geographically based teams (so they allocate patients based on the suburb they live in), which means all teams attend to all levels of acuity.
Forensic order and treatment authority patients are frequent.
Seeking stability in this role and willing to consider 12month locum post.
Monday to Friday 0800 – 1630

Staff Specialist – Remote East
ASAP – 14.02.25
14.04.25 – 24.04.25
04.08.25 – 31.12.25 *UPDATED
Minimum 6 week booking
Fly-in, Fly-out position to the Torres and Cape serving remote communities (Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula and Cooktown/Hopevale/Wujal Wujal). The typical schedule is 1 week on outreach and the other based from cairns V/C
Monday to Friday 0800 – 1630 - travel can occasionally fall outside of these hours during outreach
Supported by registrar and GP with advanced skills MH
Outreach accommodation and travel is arranged by the service
Seeking stability in this role and willing to consider 12month locum post.

Staff Specialist – Rural Tablelands
06.05.25 – 31.12.25
This position services rural communities in the Tablelands - primarily Atherton and Mareeba. The position is based out of Cairns 2 days per week and we prefer the consultant attend Atherton/Mareeba in person the other 3 days however there is capacity to modify this on a case-by-case basis
Monday to Friday 0800 – 1630 - Clinic times are usually 0900-1530 to allow for travel to and from Cairns within business hours. On Cairns based days Drs attend to MDTs and VC clinics
Mix of F2F, overnight accommodation and V/C from Cairns
Supported by registrar and GP with advanced skills MH
Seeking stability in this role and willing to consider 12month locum post.

Staff Specialist – Remote West
10.02.25 – 08.08.25
Minimum 6 week booking
Fly-in, Fly-out position to the Torres and Cape serving remote communities (Indigenous communities of Aurukun, Kowanyama, Pormpuraaw, Lockhart River, Napranum, Mapoon and townships of Weipa and Coen). The typical schedule is 1 week on outreach and the other based from Cairns V/C. There is 1 registrar with this team who typically travels with the consultant.
Hours are Monday to Friday 0800 - 1630, travel can occasionally fall outside of these hours during outreach.
Outreach accommodation and travel is arranged by the service.
Seeking stability in this role and willing to consider 12month locum post

Staff Specialist – Rural Community
ASAP – 09.05.25
This position services rural communities in Innisfail, Tully, Mossman & Kuranda. There is 1 registrar attached to Innisfail/Tully & 1 registrar attached to Mossman/Kuranda.
Mix of F2F, stunning drive to work along Great Barrier Reef Drive, overnight accommodation at Port Douglas and Mission Beach resort, and V/C from Cairns office
Hours are Monday to Friday 0800-1630.
The position is based out of Cairns at least 4 days per fortnight, and we prefer the consultant attend in person clinics the other 6 days however there is capacity to modify this on a case-by-case basis. Clinic times are usually 0900-1530 to allow for travel to and from Cairns within business hours. On Cairns based days Drs attend to MDTs and VC clinics.

Staff Specialist – Community
16.04.25 – 21.05.25 - Acute Care Team. 2x registrar support.
03.02.25 – 30.05.25 – Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team *UPDATED
Monday to Friday 0800 – 1630

Staff Specialist – Clinical Lead Inpatient
10.02.25 – 14.03.25 *NEW
Monday to Friday 0800 – 1630

For further information about this job, please contact Skilled Medical on 1300 900 100.

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