Consultant Psychiatrist

We have a number of Consultant Psychiatrist positions across community Youth, Adult and Older Adult services, Eating Disorder, Hospital-in the Home, Inpatient and Community Mental Health services, Consultation Liaison, Emergency Department and Mental Health Emergency Centre.

This is a recruitment pool for permanent and fixed-term appointments. Full-time, part time and sessional opportunities exist.

EMHS will be able to support the successful applicants with their approved RANZCP- Specialist and expedited pathway and assist with their AHPRA/Visa application. Relocation assistance (capped) is also provided to interstate and international successful applicants.

Current vacancies, to be filled by September 2026 are as follows –

• Royal Perth Bentley and Mt Lawley Group (RPBMLG) – 1 FTE in Adult Community
• Armadale Health Service (AHS) – 2 FTE in Adult Inpatient
• Armadale Health Service (AHS) – 0.5 FTE in Adult Community (EEP/ART)

EMHS is committed to ensuring that our services are delivered by people who are representative of the diverse communities we assist.

We wholly embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage people to work with us from all ages, races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, family responsibilities or other characteristics, including Aboriginal people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, individuals with a diverse sexuality or gender or bodily diversity, and people with disability.

 WA Health is committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.

Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.

This is an “open-ended” recruitment pool, and as such the following should be noted: 

• The panel will monitor this recruitment pool for applications and will assess on a regular basis.
• Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur.
• Appointments may be made from this pool until 31/07/2027.

Position Profile: We are seeking to appoint suitably qualified Consultant Psychiatrists to the Mental Health Directorate across RPBMLG and AHS. The Consultant Psychiatrist will promote patient safety and quality of care whilst providing leadership, orientation, training, supervision, and education, where relevant, for doctors in training, Service Registrars, Health Service Medical Practitioners and other health workers. This position, in collaboration with the leadership team, works to achieve national, state and EMHS performance standards and targets. The Consultant Psychiatrist works within the scope of clinical practice as defined and recommended by the EMHS Area Medical Credentialing Committee.

Area Profile: East Metropolitan Health Service provides a comprehensive range of public mental health services for ages; 16 years above, through community mental health services and hospitals. EMHS has two major mental health divisions; Royal Perth Bentley and Mount Lawley Group, and Armadale Kalamunda Group catering mental health services for different suburbs under East Metropolitan areas.

The Royal Perth Bentley and Mount Lawley Group is the largest Mental Health Division within the East Metropolitan Health Service, across a diverse geographical area. RPBMLG delivers care through 166 mental health beds, which are across youth, adult, rehabilitation, and older adult inpatient settings.

Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) is Perth’s inner city, tertiary hospital. RPH has a tertiary-level Emergency Department, and comprehensive mental health and AOD consultation liaison service to the general and surgical wards. The hospital has an emergency department with mental health services and a short stay unit (MHEC). It has 26 mental health beds. RPH is a premier teaching hospital and contributes to innovation and excellence in medical research and patient care. RPH is undergoing major renovation with a new stated of the art purpose-built ED and MHEC that is expected to be completed by 2028.

Bentley Health Service (BHS) is 11km from the Perth CBD and forms part of the Royal Perth Bentley Mount Lawley Group (RPBMLG). BHS provides quality healthcare, specialising in the delivery of mental health care, aged care services, obstetrics, and rehabilitation. It has 50 adult and 26 older adult mental health beds. The Bentley site also has the 12 bedded mental health youth inpatient unit (EMyU).

EMHS also provide a unique statewide service through the Transitional Care Unit (TCU) – is a 40 bedded state-wide rehabilitation facility. The TCU has 20 short stay and 20 long stay beds to provide rehabilitation and community reintegration for mental health patients.

RPBMLG has 3 community services across Bentley, City East and Midland to meet the needs of patients that require specialist mental health care to the adult and older adult population. The community services provide assessment and treatment (ATT) and the continuing care team (CTT). They also have Early Intervention, homeless, hostels and assertive outreach services.

Mount Lawley Hospital will become a part of Royal Perth Bentley Mount Lawley Group from 1  September 2026. It is a 205 bedded hospital with 12 bedded older adult mental health inpatient unit.

Future Service Developments for RPBMLG:

• Secure Extended Care Unit (SECU) – 24 bed unit for long term secure rehabilitation of patients with serious mental health issues. Planned to be open in 2028.
• Neuro Modulation Services – A separate, dedicated ECT suite is planned to be built at the SECU site. There are intentions to start Trans Cranial Magnetic Stimulation Services (TMS).

A new Emergency Department (ED) with mental health services and a new Mental Health Short Stay Unit has been commissioned and is due to be completed in mid-2028 at the Royal Perth Hospital site.

RPBMLG also has several state-wide services that include the Statewide Aboriginal Mental Health Service (SAMHS), Mobile Community Outreach Team (MCOT) and Mental Health Emergency Response Line (MHERL).

The Armadale Kalamunda Group (AKG) consists of Armadale Health Service (AHS), Kalamunda Hospital (palliative care) and Orchard Avenue Centre (community mental health services). AHS is a secondary-level health service with an Emergency Department, mental health inpatient, hospital-in-the-home services for general and mental health, comprehensive mental health consultation, AOD and peri-natal liaison to ED and the general, maternity, rehabilitation and surgical wards. The AHS Mental Health Services provides inpatient, hospital-in-the-home type service (Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team), community residential and community mental health services for adults and older adults predominantly from the Armadale, Gosnells and Serpentine-Jarrahdale local government areas.

The AHS Mental Health inpatient services have 33 adult inpatients beds, inclusive of a  high dependency unit and 8 older adult beds.

The community mental health service, Orchard Avenue Centre (OAC), based at Armadale Shopping Centre provides outpatients services to adults and older adult. OAC consists of the Assessment and Treatment Team (ATT) as the first point of contact for all referrals to adult community mental health services, the Clinical Treatment Team (CTT) providing longer term quality, specialist mental health care for consumers with complex needs. OAC also provides older adult community mental health services, an early episode psychosis team and hostel in-reach services.

Future Service Developments for AKG:

• Mental Health Emergency Centre - 8 bed unit adjacent to the Emergency Department for people with mental health crises offering a short stay admission. Planned commissioning scheduled for late 2028.
• Intentions to commence Transcranial Magnetic Services, along with RPBMLG,
• Expand the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team further across EMHS.
• Develop Youth community mental health services and expand AOD services.
• Byford Health Hub – construction has commenced and is scheduled to open in 2027 to provide a mix of outpatient, primary care, and mental health services. The integrated model is coordinated by EMHS, working in partnership with service providers.

Employee Benefits: Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):

• Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Flexible leave arrangements.
• Other professional and location-based allowances.
• For information on superannuation click here.
• Salary packaging schemes including novated vehicle lease.

Application Instructions: If this role is what you are looking for, apply online at MedCareersWA and provide:

• a covering letter that demonstrates you have the skills and experience we are looking for, including any particular areas of interest.
• a comprehensive CV that clearly shows your experience relevant to this role; and
• the names and contact details of two (2) professional referees. It is preferable for one of your referees to be your current supervisor or manager.

These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.

East Metropolitan Health Service will only accept applications that are lodged with the express permission of the applicant and containing all necessary information, including personal contact details. We will not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies and/or search firms, and we will not pay fees to any such organisation unless arranged with the provider prior to advertising a vacancy.

Lodging your application: Your application must be lodged online by 4:00pm on Monday, 07 September 2026.

Please note: You must have a current, valid email address to apply online and this email address will be used for all correspondence.

As the lodgement is system generated, any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm cannot be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.