MP Year 1-3 $307,749 - $327,375 p.a. pro rata or $589.93 - $627.56 per session (inclusive of base salary and applicable allowances)

This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service is the perfect place to start!

The Rockingham Peel Group (RkPG) provides mental health services to adults and older adults living in the communities of Kwinana, Rockingham, Mandurah, Pinjarra and Waroona, collectively known as Peel Rockingham Kwinana (PaRK). The PaRK mental health service is a vibrant and progressive organization whose mission is to provide safe and progressive patient care within a positive work environment and culture. 

There is a broad suite of services available including adult and older adult inpatient (including an ECT program) and adult and older adult community services as well as a number of speciality services including emergency department liaison, consultation liaison, day therapy, hospital in the home, early episode psychosis, assertive community treatment, perinatal, GP liaison, drug and alcohol services, aboriginal mental health services, community step up and step down accommodation, amongst others.  We offer a range of therapeutic programs including CBT, DBT, rehabilitation services and peer support.  We take pride in our strong links with our community partners and the community at large. 

Currently we are seeking Senior Medical Practitioners in Psychiatry for various Sessional, Fixed Term Full Time and Fixed Term Part Time appointments.

The PaRK MHS Senior Medical Practitioner is responsible for the mental health assessment, treatment and management of clients with mental health illness in the Peel, Rockingham and Kwinana catchment area. This includes the provision of service to their families and carers. In this role you will promote patient safety and quality of care. You will work as a clinician within a multidisciplinary team environment and work closely with other agencies to promote close community partnerships.

The Senior Medical Practitioner provides orientation, training, supervision and education, where relevant, for Doctors in Training and other health workers. You will work to achieve national, state and South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) performance standards and targets. You will also work within the scope of clinical practice as defined and recommended by the SMHS Area Medical Credentialing Committee.

Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment!  SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.

Want to know more? We encourage you to contact Renee Forbes on 08 6557 4807 or email Renee.Forbes@health.wa.gov.au.

If you are ready to partner with us see the application instructions below:

Applications must be submitted via MedJobsWA

Your application should include:

1. A copy of your current CV
2. A statement addressing the selection criteria
3. The names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role.

These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.

If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact MedJobsWA@health.wa.gov.au

Employee Benefits
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):

• Access to generous salary packaging arrangements.
• Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Flexible leave arrangements
• Other professional and location-based allowances
• For further information click here. 

Eligibility

Are you eligible? To be eligible for a permanent appointment to the Western Australian public sector is essential that you are an Australian citizen or have permanent residency status in Australia. To be eligible for a fixed term appointment you must have documentary evidence of your entitlement to live and work in Australia for the period of the contract.

WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position.  Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.

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 vacancy 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 30/10/2024.

South 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 CV's 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.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted. 

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.