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WA Country Health Service (WACHS) – Goldfields Region is seeking applications from strong and experienced leaders who are seeking a new challenge and are focussed on wanting to make a difference in the Mental Health Field.
This is a recruitment pool for Fixed Term Full Time appointments for up to 5 years, with the possibility of extension(s). Flexible working arrangements may be available – we will consider significant flexibility in how this role is delivered, including practitioners based in Esperance or other nearby towns, opportunities for fly-in, fly-out and telehealth service delivery, combined with regular regional presence.
About the Position:
The Goldfields Mental Health team provide specialist mental health services to the communities of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Esperance and the rural and remote communities in the region. The Kalgoorlie Health Campus is a recently revitalised 106-bed general inpatient facility. The Goldfields Mental Health service consists of a 6 bed Authorised Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Kalgoorlie for adults, and Community Mental Health services in Kalgoorlie and Esperance for all ages. Consultation and Liaison services are provided to the entire region.
WA Country Health Service is seeking experienced Psychiatrists who are interested in providing clinical leadership to the Goldfields Mental Health Service as the Director Clinical Services Mental Health.
The role of the Director Clinical Services Mental Health is responsible for leading the Goldfields Mental Health Service’s clinical service and governance in partnership with the Regional Manager of Mental Health. The Director Clinical Services Mental Health serves as a key member of the regional Goldfields Mental Health Leadership Team. The role also provides clinical services, as part of a multidisciplinary team providing inpatient and community mental health services, including telephone or videoconference consultations, across the Goldfields region. As a senior leader, the Director Clinical Services Mental Health ensures that the clinical care of consumers provided by WACHS Mental Health is delivered to the highest professional and ethical standards, and provides leadership, education and supervision. Beyond the Goldfields region, this role is one of seven Clinical Director positions for WACHS mental health services across rural WA, all of which are members of the WACHS Mental Health Executive Advisory Group. This group advises the WACHS Executive Director of Mental Health and WACHS Directors of Psychiatry on corporate and clinical governance, safety and quality and the strategic direction of Mental Health across rural and remote WA.
Suitable candidates must be eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA), Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (or equivalent). You will have demonstrated highly developed clinical skills and experience working with people with Mental Health problems and co-morbidities in a variety of settings with the ability to provide clinical leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.
You must have highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to work as an effective team member, promote positive peer, line management relationships and be able to provide accredited undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision & demonstrate a commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
About the Region:
The Goldfields-Esperance region is located in the south-eastern corner of Western Australia and is the largest region in the state with a land area of 771,276 square kilometres. The region is three times the size of the state of Victoria and just under a third of Western Australia's total land mass. Approximately 55,000 people live here with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people representing about twelve percent of the population. The character of the Goldfields-Esperance region reflects the unique Aboriginal culture, the legacies of early mining and agricultural pioneers and a multi-cultural history of interstate and international migration.
The region includes Western Australia's Golden Outback which stretches from the rugged red earth of the Northern Goldfields and Great Western Woodland to the sweeping snow-white beaches of Esperance and the South Coast.
The coastal Esperance zone boasts a range of stunning natural attractions including national parks, Kepwari Wetland Walk Trail, Woody Island and Lake Monjingup, which exhibit coastal scenery, extraordinary flora and fauna, peaceful bushwalks and well-maintained campgrounds.
Heading inland Kalgoorlie-Boulder is Australia’s largest outback city and the heart of Western Australia’s Goldfields region. With a population of more than 30,000, the city is a dynamic and sophisticated regional centre. The area offers astounding diversity and beauty in its national parks and reserves, tranquil eucalyptus forests, wide sweeping plains, dry lake beds, low lying scrub land and spinifex fields.
If you are considering a career at WACHS Goldfields, please click on the link below to meet some of our wonderful staff who share their thoughts about what makes working for us in this beautiful region a rich and rewarding experience:
WACHS Goldfields Region Video
The Package
The salary as per WA Health System Medical Practitioners AMA Industrial Agreement 2016:
Shown as Fixed Term Full time (80 hours per fortnight).
MP Year 1-9 $360,328 - $457,961 p.a.*
*Includes Arrangement A base salary $296,757—$385,515 p.a., professional development allowance $30,814.p.a. and 10% employer contributed superannuation.
In addition (in line with operational requirements), you will also have access to generous salary packaging of up to $19,000 p.a., professional development opportunities, study leave/assistance and flexible leave arrangements.
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 22/07/2024.
How to Apply
Applicants are requested to apply online (www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au).
Please apply online by providing the following documents:
- A statement addressing each of the Selection Criteria found in the attached Job Description Form and how you are able to meet the position requirements.
- A detailed Curriculum Vitae which summarises your experience and how you are able to meet the position requirements. Please include contact details for clinical work-related referees (It is preferable for one of your referees to be a current clinical supervisor or manager).
Please address enquires to Donnie Martin - Regional Manager Mental Health on 08 9088 6200 or via email donnie.martin@health.wa.gov.au
Eligibility to Apply: All WA health system employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access health care facilities, pursuant to the Health Worker (Restrictions on Access) Directions (HWAD), Residential Aged Care Facility Worker Access Directions (ACWD) and the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination and Vaccination Program Policy, unless the employee is exempt pursuant to the HWAD and/or ACWD.
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