Specialist Consultant - Psychiatry - 2500 per day

Medrecruit; Hornsby; On-site; AUD 399,000 - 524,000; Full time

Job summary

Medrecruit – Hornsby NSW is seeking a Specialist Consultant in Psychiatry for locum cover from 21 December 2026 to 11 January 2027. The role requires current AHPRA registration and on-call availability. The hospital is a 25-bed mental health inpatient unit in Sydney, offering multidisciplinary care for complex cases.

Shift times are 0830 to 1700, with on-call responsibilities. Rates are inclusive of superannuation, taxes, and casual loading where applicable.

Qualifications

• On-call requirement for psychiatry specialist work.
• AHPRA registration as a medical practitioner is mandatory.
• Specialist psychiatry experience as Consultant/Specialist/VMO.

Responsibilities

• Shift times 0830–1700.
• On-call duty is required.
• Provide inpatient specialist psychiatry care in a 25-bed unit.
• Contribute to crisis intervention, assessments, treatment and consultations.

Skills

On call

AHPRA registration

Psychiatry

Job description

Specialist Consultant - Psychiatry - 2500 per day

Medrecruit – Hornsby NSW

23h ago , from Medrecruit AU - Specialist Consultants

Locum cover is required from 21 December 2026 - 11 January 2027.

• Consultant/Specialist/VMO
• On call is a must.

Please note that all rates are inclusive of superannuation, taxes, and casual loading, where applicable.

Must have current AHPRA registration as a medical practitioner.

This 25-bed hospital is a specialist mental health inpatient unit located in Sydney. The unit provides specialist, intensive, multidisciplinary care to people with high levels of clinical complexity and risk who cannot be safely and effectively managed in a standard acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit.

Locum cover is required from 21 December 2026 - 11 January 2027.

Position Details:

• Shift times: 0830 - 1700
• Consultant/Specialist/VMO
• On call is a must.

Please note that all rates are inclusive of superannuation, taxes, and casual loading, where applicable.

Must have current AHPRA registration as a medical practitioner.

This 25-bed hospital is a specialist mental health inpatient unit located in Sydney. The unit provides specialist, intensive, multidisciplinary care to people with high levels of clinical complexity and risk who cannot be safely and effectively managed in a standard acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit.

There are multiple services including:

• Crisis intervention service
• Assessments
• Treatment
• Consultation services
• Early Psychoses Intervention
• Mental Health Rehabilitation
• Accommodation

Location Information

The Sydney CBD is 25km away and offers world-class theatres, great shopping, museums and art galleries and restaurants featuring cuisines from around the world. With so many beaches close to Sydney’s city centre, you are able to enjoy the convenience of living in a city with a great beach lifestyle, enjoying surfing sunbathing and going for leisurely strolls along the coast line.