Description

Clinical Director Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (Mental Health & AODS) - CAIRNS 

Besides the excellent work opportunities, Cairns offers a unique lifestyle suitable to a wide variety of interests. Cairns is in the heart of the tropical north and is the primary gateway to northern Australia. Cairns is an ideal base to explore the wider region with front door access to the Great Barrier Reef, rainforests and outback locations.  

Purpose of the role 

We are looking for a Clinical Director Mental Health & Alcohol & Other Drugs Services to facilitate the delivery of high-quality mental health care to patients of the Cairns and Hinterland Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (MHAODS), includes Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service. The position includes dedicated hours to provide leadership, clinical governance and supervision of the MHAODS medical team. 

Your opportunity 

Join a team of 30+ permanent local psychiatrists and 40 training registrars practicing in all subspecialties. We have unique and specific areas of mental health such as rural practice (generalist psychiatry) in the beautiful Cairns hinterland and remote outreach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities in Cape York to practice cross-cultural psychiatry. 

Work in our amazing new facilities; $70million 53 bed Mental Health Unit opened in February 2025; new Adolescent Unit opening later in the year followed by a Mother Baby Unit. 

Continue learning in our supportive and friendly peer review groups and research networks. Train the next generation in our robust in-house education programme in protected time. 

 Why choose Cairns? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ShTVsxjVQ

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here:

https://www.cairns-hinterland.health.qld.gov.au/

Enquiries: Sebastiano Romano  

Job Ad Reference: CAH663669 

Application Details: https://apply-springboard.health.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-CAH663669

Closing Date: 17th November 2025