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713799
We currently have a number
of Consultant Psychiatrist positions across General Adult,
Older Adult and Adolescent Mental health services. There are
in-patient, community and Emergency department positions
available.
This is a
Recruitment Pool for permanent and fixed-term appointments.
Full-time, part time, casual and sessional opportunities
exist.
East Metropolitan Health
Service (EMHS) is committed to ensuring that our services are
delivered by people who are representative of the diverse
communities we assist.
We wholly embrace
diversity and inclusion and encourage people to work with us from
all ages, races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, family
responsibilities or other characteristics, including Aboriginal
people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, individuals
with a diverse sexuality or gender or bodily diversity, and people
with disability.
WA Health is
committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA
Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve
equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to
this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to
apply.
Other
Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust
and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to
undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part
of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment
on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical
behaviour.
This position is subject to
a Western Australian Working with Children (WWC) Check. For further
information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
This is an “open-ended”
recruitment pool, and as such the following should be noted:
•
- The
panel will monitor this recruitment pool for applications and
will assess on a regular basis.
- Suitable
applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may
be made when similar vacancies occur.
- Appointments may be made
from this pool until 31/05/2026.
Position
Profile: We are seeking to appoint suitably qualified
Consultant Psychiatrists to the Mental Health Division across Royal
Perth Hospital, Armadale Mental Health Service, City East Community
Mental Health Service and Bentley Mental Health Service. Across
these positions the Consultant Psychiatrist will promote patient
safety and quality of care whilst providing leadership,
orientation, training, supervision, and education, where relevant,
for doctors in training, Health Service Medical Practitioners and
other health workers. This position, in collaboration with the
Medical Co-Director, Head of Service, Service Director, Head of
Department, Clinical Leads and other Consultants, works to achieve
national, state and EMHS performance standards and targets. The
Consultant Psychiatrist works within the scope of clinical practice
as defined and recommended by the EMHS Area Medical Credentialing
Committee.
Area
Profile: East Metropolitan Health Service provides a
comprehensive range of public mental health services for ages; 16
years above, through community mental health services and
hospitals. EMHS has two major mental health divisions; Royal Perth
Bentley Group and Armadale Health Services catering mental health
services for different suburbs under East Metropolitan
areas.
The Royal Perth Bentley
Group Mental Health Division is the largest Mental Health Service
within the East Metropolitan Health Service, across a diverse
geographical area. Mental Health Division delivers care through 128
mental health beds, which are across youth, adult, rehabilitation,
and older adult inpatient settings.
Royal Perth Hospital (RPH)
is Perth’s inner city, tertiary hospital. RPH has a tertiary-level
Emergency Department, and comprehensive mental health consultation
liaison service to the general and surgical wards. In regard to
inpatient services, a Mental Health Emergency Centre (MHEC) was
commissioned in 2019 and a Mental Health Unit consisting of 12 bed
purpose – built facility to provide treatment to health consumers
with acute and complex mental illness needs was established in
2022. RPH is a premier teaching hospital and contributes to
innovation and excellence in medical research and patient
care.
Bentley Health Service (BHS)
is 11km from the Perth CBD and forms part of the Royal Perth
Bentley Group. BHS provides quality healthcare, specialising in the
delivery of mental health care, aged care services, obstetrics, and
rehabilitation.
The Mental Health Division
has 3 community services across Bentley, City East and Midland to
meet the needs of patients that require specialist mental health
care to the adult and older adult population.
The Mental Health Division
also has several state-wide services that include the State
Aboriginal Mental Health Service (SAMHS), Mobile Community Outreach
Team (MCOT) and Mental Health Emergency Response Line
(MHERL).
The Armadale Health Services
(AHS) is a general hospital focussed on providing a range of
high-quality health care services in the community. The hospital is
a part of Armadale Kalamunda Group.
The AHS Mental Health
Services provides inpatient, outpatient and community services for
adults and older adults predominantly from the Armadale, Gosnells
and SerpentineJarrahdale local government areas. The AHS Mental
Health Service provides inpatient services has 33 adult inpatient
beds and a high dependency unity, the Adult community mental health
services provides outpatients services to adults (aged 18 to 65),
the Assessment and Treatment Team (ATT) is based at Orchard Avenue
Centre and is the first point of contact for all referrals to adult
community mental health services at Armadale, the Clinical
Treatment Team (CTT) also based at Orchard Avenue Centre, receives
all referrals via the ATT, both the ATT and CTT teams comprises of
multi -disciplinary team comprises of doctors, nurses, social
workers and clinical psychologists.
Employee
Benefits: Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which
may include (in line with operational requirements):
- Professional Development
Opportunities and Study leave/assistance.
- Flexible
working arrangements.
- Flexible
leave arrangements.
- Other
professional and location-based allowances.
- For
information on superannuation click here.
- 12%
employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your choice.
For information on superannuation
click here.
Application
Instructions: If this role is what you are looking for,
apply online at
MedCareersWA
and provide:
- a
covering letter that demonstrates you have the skills and
experience we are looking for, including any particular areas
of interest across adult inpatient, youth inpatient /
homelessness services and community services.
- a
comprehensive CV that clearly shows your experience relevant to
this role; and
- the
names and contact details of two (2) professional referees. It
is preferable for one of your referees to be your current
supervisor or manager.
These documents should be
complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please
ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application
process as you will be required to answer various questions and
attach your documentation.
East Metropolitan Health
Service will only accept applications that are lodged with the
express permission of the applicant and containing all necessary
information, including personal contact details. We will not accept
unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies and/or
search firms, and we will not pay fees to any such organisation
unless arranged with the provider prior to advertising a
vacancy.
For Further
Job-Related Information: We encourage you to contact Dr.
Jose Mathew, Medical Co-Director - Mental Health Division via
emailemhs.mhmedicalrecruitment@health.wa.gov.au
Lodging your
application: Your application must be lodged online by
4:00pm on Tuesday 31 March 2026.
Please note: You must have a
current, valid email address to apply online and this email address
will be used for all correspondence.
As the lodgement is system
generated, any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm cannot be
accepted.
If you experience
difficulties while applying online, please contact: MedCareersWA@health.wa.gov.au
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS
WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
