Permanent full-time Psychiatry role at Royal Hobart Hospital | Salary up to AUD $183,340 plus 12% superannuation | Relocation support up to AUD $15,000 for eligible overseas applicants | Exposure to acute psychiatry, inpatient mental health and emergency psychiatry presentations | Strong consultant psychiatrist and multidisciplinary team support | Attractive Hobart lifestyle with access to Tasmania’s natural attractions
Career Medical Officer/Senior Registrar – Psychiatry
Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia
An opportunity is available for a Career Medical Officer to join the Mental Health Services team at Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania.
This permanent full-time role is suited to doctors with experience in General Adult Psychiatry, Acute Psychiatry, Emergency Department mental health presentations, or hospital-based mental health care. The position involves working with a high level of professional independence while remaining supported by consultant psychiatrists, senior medical staff, psychiatry CNS staff, ED psychiatry colleagues and wider multidisciplinary teams.
Job Highlights
• Salary package: AUD $128,750 – $183,340 per annum, pro rata, plus 12% superannuation and salary packaging
• Location: Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania
• Contract: Permanent full-time
• Hours: Up to 76 hours per fortnight
• Roster: Day worker position with on-call and after-hours participation required
• Relocation support: Up to AUD $15,000 for eligible overseas appointees, and up to AUD $10,000 for eligible interstate appointees
Benefits: Salary packaging, professional development support, study leave, leave entitlements and access to Fitness Passport
About the Role
As a Career Medical Officer in Psychiatry, you will provide mental health medical services across Royal Hobart Hospital, including after-hours care.
You will assess and manage patients referred to Mental Health Services from the Emergency Department, provide medical care to patients in inpatient mental health units including the Short Stay Unit, and attend to mental health patients across the hospital who require specialist medical input.
The role offers a mix of acute mental health, emergency psychiatry and inpatient care, with clinical direction and supervision provided by consultant psychiatrists and senior medical staff.
Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:
• Assessing and managing patients referred from the Emergency Department
• Providing medical care to patients in inpatient mental health units
• Supporting mental health patients across the wider hospital
• Liaising with consultant psychiatrists regarding assessment and management plans
• Maintaining accurate clinical documentation, including admissions, progress notes and discharge summaries
• Working closely with the multidisciplinary team
• Responding to clinical calls from nursing and medical staff
• Prescribing, administering and documenting medications and treatments accurately
• Participating in discharge planning and continuity of care
• Complying with professional, ethical and legal requirements, including the Tasmanian Mental Health Act
About the Hospital
Royal Hobart Hospital is part of the Tasmanian Department of Health, which provides hospital, community health, mental health and primary healthcare services across more than 300 sites in Tasmania.
This role is based within a hospital environment where mental health services work closely with Emergency Department, inpatient and specialist medical teams.
About Tasmania
Tasmania offers a different pace of life for doctors moving from the UK, Ireland or elsewhere in Australia. Hobart provides access to a capital city lifestyle with coastal areas, national parks, food, culture and outdoor activities close by.
This role may suit doctors looking for a permanent medical job in Australia with a strong public health service, structured support and a more balanced lifestyle outside work.
Eligibility
Applicants must be eligible for:
• General or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• Working with Children Registration, where required
• Previous experience in General Adult Psychiatry, Acute Psychiatry and/or Emergency Department work is desirable.
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