- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Rural and Remote Mental Health Service (RRMHS)
- Indicative Total Remuneration: MD2 $366,283 - $515,376 (Subject to Private Practice Arrangements)
- Ongoing Full Time role working over a 7-day roster
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN Mental Health team and provide specialist psychiatry services across country and regional SA. This temporary backfill position offers the chance to deliver care across inpatient, outpatient, community, and home-based settings, while working with a supportive, multi-disciplinary team.
You will have the opportunity to provide clinical leadership, contribute to service development, and support the research and professional development of staff, all while shaping innovative and sustainable mental health services for country communities.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (position based in Parkside, Adelaide). We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
Parkside is a well-established inner suburb of Adelaide, offering a vibrant community, convenient access to local shops, schools, and public transport, and proximity to the city centre. With a mix of residential charm and urban amenities, it provides an ideal balance of professional opportunity and lifestyle.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Are you a qualified Consultant Psychiatrist with experience in adult mental health and rural/remote settings?
- Do you enjoy leading clinical teams and supporting professional development of staff?
- Are you committed to delivering innovative, safe, and high-quality mental health care to country communities?
- Do you value research, service improvement, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions – then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
- Provide specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment, and consultation across country and regional sites, including via telehealth.
- Lead clinical teams, mentor staff, and provide guidance in the management of complex cases.
- Contribute to service planning, quality improvement, and research initiatives to enhance mental health outcomes.
- Support teaching, training, and professional development of undergraduate students, postgraduate trainees, and mental health clinicians.
- Ensure compliance with governance, safety, and risk management frameworks across the service.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- Total Indicative Remuneration (TIRP) includes award salary, managerial allowance, remote call allowance, professional development, A&R Allowance, Super, Private Practice Arrangements (if applicable).
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to be immunised. Please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries. Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy. Further information is in the application for to help guide you.
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
- You must have Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
- You must be registrable with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Consultant Psychiatrist.
- You must demonstrate participation in continuing medical education since attaining qualification in psychiatric medicine.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 928635), or reach out to Elizabeth Davison, Executive Assistant - Medical on Phone: 7425 6137 or via E-mail: elizabeth.davison@sa.gov.au
To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Thursday 19th March 2026 at 11:55PM
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
928635 MD2 Role Description
