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Clinical Director, Mental Health Acute Inpatient Units (Apply via eCredential) Employment Type: Visiting Medical OfficerPosition Classification: Visiting Medical OfficerRemuneration: Visiting Medical OfficerRequisition ID: REQ629435Closing Date: Sunday 18 January 2026 Lead Mental Health Care and Clinical Excellence Across MLHD Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Mental Health Inpatient Unit & Older Persons Unit. About the Opportunity An outstanding opportunity exists for an experienced and motivated Visiting Medical Officer Psychiatrist to provide strong clinical leadership within the Wagga Wagga Mental Health Inpatient Unit (WWMHIPU) and Older Persons Unit. Key Responsibilities Deliver high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric care to consumers in the inpatient setting. Provide strategic and clinical leadership to ensure safe, contemporary, and patient-centred mental health services. Oversee recruitment, retention, and management of junior medical staff, including rostering, performance appraisal, and professional development. Maintain a robust clinical governance framework for the medical workforce, ensuring compliance with best practice standards and legislative requirements under the Mental Health Act. Work collaboratively with the inpatient leadership team to achieve service KPIs and drive continuous improvement. Fulfil obligations as Medical Superintendent under the Mental Health Act. Drive service development that reflects community needs, incorporating consumer and carer feedback. Lead initiatives in clinical governance, risk management, and quality improvement. Foster teaching and supervision of medical students, residents, psychiatry trainees, and GP procedural trainees. Chair the ECT Committee and maintain expertise in contemporary treatments. Promote research and innovation to enhance service quality and outcomes. What Were Looking For Specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia in Psychiatry (FRANZCP). Demonstrated leadership in clinical governance and workforce management. High-level communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Proven ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. Commitment to teaching, research, and continuous quality improvement. Availability to participate in on-call rosters and provide timely onsite response. Alignment with NSW Health CORE Values: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment. Compliance with Working With Children Check, National Criminal Record Check, and Vaccination Category A requirements. Registered in NSW as a medical practitioner with evidence of satisfactory participation on the RANZCP Continuing Professional Development Program and registrable with AHPRA. Experience in an management or clinical leadership role. Sophisticated working knowledge of the NSW Mental Health Act and demonstrated experience in its application. Evidence of a Class C drivers licence and ability and willingness to travel for work purposes. Location Located in the heart of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga offers an ideal blend of city convenience and country charm. With excellent schools, vibrant cultural life, and stunning natural surroundings. Application Apply via eCredential [here] (link). Equal Opportunity MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal people and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability. #J-18808-Ljbffr