Consultant Psychiatrist

  • Tailor your work life balance with flexible permanent or fixed term appointment options.
  • Focus on high level clinical delivery with dedicated registrar and multidisciplinary support.
  • Broaden your clinical reach within an integrated model covering early intervention and recovery.

Where you’ll be working
Joining this service places you within a large, highly structured network of over 1,600 staff, ensuring you are never isolated in your clinical practice.

For a psychiatrist, this means working in a robust multidisciplinary environment with reliable peer support and cross cover arrangements.

The service’s age specific structure including child and adolescent, adult, and older persons allows you to maintain a sub specialty focus or gain broad exposure across inpatient and community settings.

Because the service is a recognized hub for research and education, you will have direct opportunities to engage in academic work and mentor the next generation of registrars.

Where you’ll be living
Living here offers you the rare combination of a high level metropolitan career and a genuine coastal lifestyle without the congestion of a capital city.

You can enjoy an outdoor focused life with world class beaches and a major harbor at your doorstep, all while maintaining a more accessible cost of living.

The region provides a perfect environment for families, offering high quality schooling and diverse recreational options from the lakeside to the nearby Hunter Valley vineyards.

It is a location that allows you to finish your clinical day and be on the water or in a renowned dining precinct within minutes, providing the ideal backdrop for a long term career.

Salary
Base salary starts from $197,583 to $266,942 per annum, plus superannuation and applicable allowances.

In addition, psychiatrists may be eligible for specific attraction and abnormal duties allowances that significantly increase remuneration. 

The estimated total package ranges from approximately $270,000 to $548,432+ per annum depending on seniority, private practice arrangements, and applicable state award entitlements.

Requirements  
Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP), or equivalent.

Psychiatrists eligible for the fast-track registration pathway are encouraged to apply.

About us
Elective Recruitment is a person-centred recruitment consultancy.

Your career progression is just as important to us as your well-being and work-life balance. 

We are not just another recruitment company; we do things our way and we consult.

We have a very clear vision: create great careers, better lifestyles, and add value - and we won’t stop until this is achieved.

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For a confidential discussion contact the Elective Recruitment Team at +61 2 9137 4300, or apply now!


  • Start: 17/04/2026
  • Rate: $270,000 to $500,000 depending on seniority & allowances
  • Location: Hunter Region Mc,Australia
  • Type: Permanent
  • Industry: Medical
  • Recruiter: Elective Recruitment
  • Contact: Emma Gordon
  • Tel: +61 480 002 470
  • Email: to view click here
  • Reference: BH-5468
  • Posted: 2026-04-17 03:40:06 -

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