Medical Director – Campus, Child and Youth Mental Health
Healthcare Australia Exclusive Medical Leadership Opportunity
Permanent · Full-Time · 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.
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 track 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 kind of leader your team wants to follow… present, engaged, and genuinely invested in their growth!
What success looks like:
Clinical credibility
Your authority comes from your colleagues’ respect, not your title. You stay close to the work.
Unifying leadership
You bring people with you. You align diverse teams around a shared vision and keep the momentum going.
Composure under pressure
You project steadiness when things are hard and clarity when things are unclear.
Problem-solver’s disposition
You find the challenge energising. You take genuine satisfaction in turning a hard situation into a better one.
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
Interested? Let’s talk…
Submit your current CV or reach out to Cydney for a confidential conversation about this opportunity. We’d love to hear from you.
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