Nurse Practitioner

12 days ago
Springfield, Queenslandup to $15,900Full TimePsychiatry
Practice Authority in Queensland
Supervision Required

Requires collaborative agreement with a physician.

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Mater as a Nurse Practitioner – Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, $75-77/hr in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments including history, physical exams, and risk evaluations * De.
  • Provide ongoing review and adjust care plans to optimise patient outcomes * Offer mental health consultation.

Requirements

  • registration experience demonstrating advanced practice in infant, perinatal and adult mental health
  • Advanced expertise in infant, perinatal, and adult mental health assessment and intervention
  • Experience in Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry across diverse care settings
  • Background in clinical education, research translation, and team capacity building

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $75.27 - $77.15/hr

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Mater as a Nurse Practitioner – Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, $75-77/hr.

Key Skills

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Position Insights

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

This Psychiatry position at Mater is open to nurse practitioner candidates.

Nurse Practitioners are among the fastest-growing healthcare professions, with expanding scope of practice in many states and strong demand for telehealth and primary care roles.

Nationally, Psychiatry professionals earn a median annual salary of approximately $300k, with the typical range spanning $230k to $400k depending on experience, location, and practice setting.

Compensation Analysis

Mater lists compensation for this nurse practitioner position at $75k to $77k annually.

This is approximately 75% below the national median for Psychiatry professionals, which is around $300k.

This position also offers production-based compensation: $77000 per hourly. Production bonuses can significantly increase total earnings above the stated base salary range.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Springfield, Queensland.

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Mental health assessment, Psychiatric care, Clinical governance, Prescribing, Diagnostics, Care planning, Multidisciplinary collaboration, Consultation-liaison psychiatry. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Psychiatry role.

Core responsibilities: The Nurse Practitioner provides advanced, autonomous mental health care, including clinical assessments, prescribing, and care planning within a multidisciplinary team. They also contribute to service development, clinical education, and quality improvement initiatives to ensure high-quality patient...

Benefits package: Superannuation, Not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900, Employee Assistance Program, On-site pastoral care, Corporate discount on private health insurance, Exclusive discounts, Fitness Passport, Discounted on-site parking. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.

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