Clinical Director, Custodial Primary Health Services

About the role

West Moreton Health, which delivers primary, acute, mental health and prison and youth detention health services to the Ipswich, Boonah, Gatton, Laidley and Esk region, is recruiting a Clinical Director for its Custodial Primary Health Services. This is a senior medical leadership role reporting to the Executive Director Mental Health, Addictions, Custodial Health and Statewide Services, with a professional reporting relationship to the Executive Director Medical Services. It provides clinical care and leads clinical projects in a correctional environment. The position is a fixed-term temporary role (full-time, 80 hours per fortnight) with several short-term opportunities available over the next 12 months.

Key responsibilities

• Work closely with the leadership team to optimise resources, share innovation and ensure consistent change practices across Custodial Primary Health Services.
• Bring clinical objectives and medical engagement to key strategic programs and projects.
• Deliver person-centred care and seek systemic solutions to ongoing problems through the risk framework.
• Develop services in line with needs, evidence-based practice and translational research.
• Manage and balance funding with service demand within a shared decision-making framework.
• Foster a workplace culture of trust, support and compassion, and build strong collaborative relationships between teams.
• Implement systems to manage the safety, health and wellbeing of people in the service, and develop new models of service.
• Ensure service delivery is evidence-based and ethical, and monitor and report on activity, risk, safety and quality through performance and clinical indicators, responding to variances promptly.

Required profile

• Vaccinated against, and remaining vaccinated against, vaccine-preventable diseases as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16.
• Registration with, or eligibility for registration with, AHPRA as a specialist (General Practice).
• Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and/or the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.

What we offer

• Purposeful work with professional development opportunities and career pathways into senior roles.
• Wellbeing supports including peer networks, flexible work options, EAP and mental health programs.
• Competitive benefits including salary packaging and up to 12.75% superannuation.

To apply, candidates must submit a cover letter, CV or resume with two referees' names and contact details, and a short response (1-2 pages) on how their experience fits the role. Applications stay open for 12 months. The closing date is 6 November 2026.