Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is a new, dedicated public youth mental health service and is the first of its kind in Australia. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team.

Consultant Psychiatrist – (Community Forensic Youth Mental Health Service)

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)

Fixed Term | Part Time – 0.6 FTE | 📍 Parkville

Shape a statewide forensic youth mental health service and lead early intervention, complex care & system-wide consultation.

• Join Victoria’s newest Public Mental Health Service dedicated to youth
• Provide expert consultation on complex, high-risk youth cases
• Lead system-wide collaboration across justice, health and education

About Us:

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is Victoria’s newest public mental health service dedicated to the care of young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing complex mental health challenges. 

PYMHWS is leading a bold and values-driven transformation in youth mental health care across Melbourne’s north and west. We exist to walk alongside young people, their families, carers, supporters and kin delivering care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience. Our service model is shaped by the voices of young people and their communities, and underpinned by a commitment to safety, equity, and continuous learning.

At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build in a future where all young people can access world-class mental health support, close to home. As we grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled, and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health in Victoria.  

The Opportunity:

This is a rare, generational opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to help shape a groundbreaking statewide forensic youth mental health service.

Community FYMHS sits within Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS), Victoria’s specialist youth forensic mental health service. The role is embedded within the Youth Forensic Assessment, Consultation & Treatment Service (YFACTS), a Victorian Government-funded statewide program delivering an innovative early intervention model for young people with complex mental health needs at risk of involvement with the Youth Justice system.

YFACTS brings together specialist forensic youth mental health expertise to provide consultation, assessment, care coordination and treatment, working in partnership with Youth Justice, Child Protection, Department of Education and community mental health services to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people presenting with problem behaviours.

Funded alongside significant system reform across policing, education and child-serving sectors, YFACTS is designed to better support young people identified as ‘high risk, high harm’. This positions the role at the forefront of system-wide change and reform.

As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide specialist forensic youth psychiatric expertise through consultation, assessment, formulation and treatment planning for young people with complex mental health, neurodevelopmental and trauma-related presentations. You will support multidisciplinary teams, contribute to clinical leadership and governance, and play a key role in strengthening system capability and coordinated care.

This is a unique opportunity to influence both individual outcomes and broader system reform, working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to shape early intervention responses across Victoria. This is a 0.6 FTE ongoing role based at Parkville, with statewide reach.

Why Join PYMHWS?

• Work within a highly skilled, multidisciplinary forensic MH team
• Shape a statewide early intervention and prevention service model
• Contribute to innovative approaches in forensic youth MH care
• Work with complex, meaningful and high-impact clinical presentations
• Provide specialist consultation across multiple service systems
• Collaborate with passionate, values-driven and visionary leaders
• Strong culture of reflective practice, learning and innovation
• Ongoing professional development, supervision and growth pathways
• Flexible, inclusive and supportive workplace culture
• Salary packaging up to $11,600 tax-free + additional benefits
• Access to EAP and a strong focus on staff wellbeing

About the Role:

The Consultant Psychiatrist provides specialist forensic child and adolescent psychiatric expertise within the Community Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (CFYMHS), including YFACTS. The role focuses on the assessment, formulation and management of young people with complex presentations, including neurodevelopmental disorders, trauma-related conditions, emerging personality vulnerability and significant behavioural disturbance, often in the context of forensic risk.

Working within a multidisciplinary framework, the Consultant Psychiatrist will provide secondary consultation, contribute to shared formulation and support clinical decision-making for high-risk and complex cases. The role includes supervision of medical staff, contribution to clinical governance activities, and participation in service development aligned with contemporary forensic mental health frameworks and relevant legislation.

This position offers the opportunity to work at the interface of child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic mental health, contributing to a statewide early intervention model aimed at reducing justice system involvement and improving long-term clinical and functional outcomes.

What You'll Do:

• Provide specialist, expert forensic mental health assessment, formulation and treatment planning
• Deliver secondary consultation on complex, high-risk presentations
• Lead multidisciplinary case formulation and clinical decision-making
• Supervise registrars and support team clinical capability
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit and quality improvement
• Collaborate with system partners to strengthen coordinated care

About You:

You are a skilled and thoughtful Consultant Psychiatrist with a strong interest in forensic and child and adolescent mental health, committed to improving outcomes for young people with complex needs.

✔️ Fellowship of RANZCP (FRANZCP) and AHPRA specialist registration

✔️ Experience in child & adolescent and/or forensic psychiatry

✔️ Strong expertise in complex assessment, formulation and risk management

✔️ Experience working within multidisciplinary and cross-sector systems

✔️ Excellent consultation, communication and stakeholder engagement skills

✔️ Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership and supervision

✔️Commitment to trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate care

✔️ Interest in service development, teaching and system capacity building

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re looking to be part of something truly meaningful and shape the future of forensic youth mental health, we’d love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Dr Kausik Goswami, Clinical Director – Acute and Admitted Care and FYMHS on 9966 9100.

To view the full Position Description, please click HERE.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

PYMHWS stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.