In partnership with Children's Health Queensland, Healthcare Australia is recruiting for this Exclusive Medical Leadership Opportunity based in Brisbane, QLD
Lead Queensland's most complex child mental health service.
"This role was built for the psychiatrist who leads from the front."
One of the most challenging roles in child psychiatry... and the most rewarding. A once-in-a-career opportunity to lead at the highest level, within one of the largest child and youth mental health services in the southern hemisphere.
The opportunity:
Children's Health Queensland is seeking an exceptional senior Child and Adolescent psychiatrist to step into one of the most significant medical leadership roles in the country. As Medical Director, Campus CYMHS, you will hold clinical and strategic accountability for 7 specialist campus-based services.
This is a role for a leader who thrives in complexity, earns credibility through presence, and finds genuine purpose in the challenge. Significant reform is already underway; your task is to unify a talented multidisciplinary team behind that shared vision and drive it forward.
Remuneration & benefits:
- CM6 Clinical Director Allowance
- 12.75% superannuation
- 17.5% leave loading
- Salary packaging
- Up to 14 weeks paid parental leave
- Long service leave from 7 years
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development support
- Annual pay increases
- Relocation Support
Services under your leadership:
Child Mental Health Inpatient Unit 9 beds · birth to 13 years
Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit 11 beds · 14–18 years
Jacaranda Place 12-bed subacute + day program · statewide
Day Program South Intensive day treatment · 5–18 years
Acute Response Team 24/7 emergency mental health triage
Consultation Liaison Service Hospital-embedded mental health
Queensland Children's Gender Service Specialist outpatient + telehealth · statewide
What you will do:
- Provide overarching clinical leadership and accountability for all campus-based CYMHS services across CHQ HHS
- Partner closely with the Program Manager, Campus CYMHS to build a high-functioning, evidence-informed service
- Provide senior leadership in the management of sensitive, high-profile and potentially media-facing matters, ensuring appropriate, timely and professional responses in collaboration with executive leadership and communications teams.
- Lead, develop, and manage 14 direct reports, including senior consultant medical staff
- Champion patient safety, quality improvement, and innovation. Driving measurable improvement in service outcomes
- Ensure robust training and supervision pathways for junior medical staff, consistent with RANZCP and CHQ requirements
- Contribute to research, service redesign, and statewide mental health policy alongside the Medical Director, CYMHS
- Maintain a genuine clinical practice, providing peer-respected, hands-on care alongside your leadership responsibilities
You are...
- Recognised by your peers as a senior Child and Adolescent psychiatrist with experience in complex inpatient settings
- A proven leader with a record of driving meaningful change at a tertiary service level
- Energised by high-stakes environments and known for your composure within them!
- As comfortable in the clinic as you are presenting to hospital executives or navigating media attention
- Skilled at managing up, managing across, and managing outward, with equal poise in all directions
- The type of leader your team wants to follow... present, engaged, and genuinely invested in their growth!
What success looks like:
Credibility Through Experience
You earn respect through your expertise, relationships and understanding of the work, not simply through your title. You stay connected to the day-to-day realities of the business and lead with authenticity.
Bringing People Together
You have a natural ability to unite people around a common goal, align diverse perspectives and maintain momentum through change.
Calm and Clear Leadership
You remain composed under pressure, providing stability when challenges arise and clarity when the path forward is uncertain.
Solution-Focused Mindset
You enjoy tackling complex challenges and are energised by finding practical solutions. You take pride in turning difficult situations into opportunities for improvement and positive outcomes.
Interested? Let's talk... Submit your current CV or contact Cydney Hughes for a confidential conversation about this opportunity on 0480 021 056.
Pay: $480,000.00 – $550,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Maternity leave
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Salary packaging
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Brisbane QLD: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Required)
Education:
- Doctoral Degree (Required)
Experience:
- Child and Youth Psychiatry: 10 years (Required)
Licence/Certification:
- AHPRA Specialist Registration (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
