Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Staff Specialist / Senior Staff Specialist
Regional Tertiary Public Health Service | North Queensland
Total remuneration up to AUD $534,040 p.a. FTE (inclusive of incentives)
We are hiring on behalf of a leading North Queensland public Hospital and Health Service to recruit a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist into a genuinely rare combined role spanning adult and adolescent forensic mental health, custodial consultation, and specialist services within a well-established regional Mental Health Service Group.
About the service
Our client is a large regional tertiary Hospital and Health Service delivering the full spectrum of public mental health care across a vast North Queensland catchment, with strong academic links to a leading North Queensland university. The forensic psychiatrist appointment sits within the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Service (ATODS) and Specialist Services stream, working in close partnership with the region's adolescent forensic mental health service and the broader Child, Adolescent and Young Adult mental health division.
The service delivers forensic mental health input across:
Adult community forensic mental health consultation and liaison
The regional adolescent forensic mental health service — a
rare opportunity to work across both adult and adolescent forensic populations within one appointment
Consultation and liaison into the region's adult correctional centre and youth detention centre
Court liaison, specialist forensic risk assessment, and expert reporting
Outreach to remote and Indigenous communities, including a significant Palm Island component
Your opportunity
Deliver expert forensic psychiatric assessment, treatment, and consultation across adult and adolescent forensic populations
Provide specialist forensic input into custodial and youth detention settings
Contribute to clinical governance, service development, and multidisciplinary team leadership across the forensic and specialist services stream
Provide RANZCP-aligned supervision, mentorship, and teaching to psychiatry trainees and the broader medical workforce
Contribute to the delivery of culturally safe forensic mental health care with a substantive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community focus
Position available at Staff Specialist and Senior Staff Specialist level (
L18–L27
), dependent on experience
What's on offer
Total remuneration package
up to AUD $534,040 p.a. FTE
(inclusive of incentives)
Permanent full-time or part-time — hours genuinely negotiable
Employer superannuation contributions
Professional development allowance and leave
On-call and after-hours allowances
Attraction and retention incentives available for hard-to-fill specialty roles
Generous annual and personal leave provisions
Queensland Health salary packaging with full FBT concessions (including novated leasing, meal and entertainment benefits, and remote area benefits where applicable)
Regional workforce incentives
aligned to North Queensland classification
Attractive relocation support package for the right candidate
482 and 494 visa sponsorship available
for eligible international candidates
DAMA pathway
applicable to this location — offering age concessions to 55, expanded occupation eligibility, and enhanced pathways to permanent residency
Requirements
Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (
FRANZCP
) with
Certificate of Advanced Training in Forensic Psychiatry
(or equivalent recognised training)
Specialist registration, or eligibility for specialist registration, with the Medical Board of Australia
SIMGs with a "Substantially Comparable" RANZCP outcome are strongly encouraged to apply
— our client is genuinely open to overseas-trained forensic specialists and has a strong track record of supporting international clinicians through the specialist pathway
Current Class C driver's licence (the role involves travel to correctional facilities, youth detention, and Palm Island outreach)
Ability to meet Queensland Health credentialling and Scope of Clinical Practice requirements
Ability to obtain Queensland Corrective Services security clearance
Compliance with the service's Vaccine Preventable Disease screening and pre-employment check policies
Genuine interest in working within a regional, culturally diverse service environment, including with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Life in North Queensland
North Queensland offers a lifestyle proposition that is increasingly rare in metropolitan Australia — a vibrant coastal city set on a subtropical shoreline, framed by an offshore island and the Great Barrier Reef beyond. Cost of living and property are dramatically more affordable than Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne, and the city offers excellent public and private schooling, family-friendly communities, a growing café and dining scene, and one of the state's most highly regarded urban beaches. For clinicians with an interest in the outdoors, the region gives you the reef, tropical rainforest, and the Queensland outback all within easy reach — and Brisbane, Cairns, and Asia-Pacific destinations are all a short direct flight away. For international clinicians, the DAMA pathway makes this one of the strongest regions in Australia for genuine long-term residency planning.
For a confidential discussion please reach out to ania@mediix.com.au