Psychiatry Registrar needed in QLD, Australia

Job Code	219/109
Date Posted	08/02/2012
Seniority	Registrar/ SpR
Specialty	Psychiatry
Location	Queensland, Australia
Duration	12 months

This hospital is an acute teaching referral hospital encompassing a wide range of clinical specialties and providing medical services to a population of over 500,000 people. Set in green hills inland of the surf beaches of the Sunshine Coast and just north of Brisbane, this location is one of Australia's favourite holiday destinations.

Reporting to supervising Psychiatrists and the Clinical Director, in this position you will be responsible for providing high quality specialist mental health interventions to the community and for contributing to the effectiveness and efficiency of the service as a whole. This position will involve providing medical services in a bio-psychosocial Mental Health model at a Registrar level to patients in a public health district setting and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. There will also be work in the Emergency Mental Health Assessment Area, during working hours and after hours both on a roster basis.

Combining the coastline and the lush countryside of the hinterland, the beauty of this region will captivate you. Big, long, beautiful beaches- this coast is famous for them- as well as the lush rainforests, mist-shrouded waterfalls and spectacular flora and fauna. Here you will find superb cuisine, action and adventure or even just the perfect piece of sand on which to sit and ponder. This beautiful Queensland coastal destination offers a relaxed, yet sophisticated lifestyle.