Paediatric Registrar - Maternity leave cover
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- Full time, fixed term - Maternity Leave Cover
- Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training 2022 - 2026
- $125,900.00 - $173,290.00 + salary packaging + super
An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic Full-time Paediatric Registrar (maternity leave cover) to join our Paediatric Medicine department from September 2024-Feburary 2025
Position - 1.0 EFT
Details of Department
The Department of Paediatric Medicine, Austin Health is part of the Medical Services Division and is located at the Austin Hospital campus in Heidelberg.
Austin Health is a paediatric teaching hospital. The Inpatient Paediatric Ward on 2 West is a 16-bed unit comprising medical and surgical patients. On average, the inpatient unit treats 1100 children every year for medical admissions which include general paediatrics, endocrine, epilepsy and eating disorders. Surgical admissions include ENT, orthopaedics, plastics, ophthalmology and maxillofacial surgery.
The Paediatric Outpatients service attends to around 3000 patients per year. Clinics include, general paediatrics, adolescent and child eating disorder program, a fortnightly diabetes clinic and urgent emergency department referrals.
The Paediatric Emergency Department is a 6-cubicle dedicated area with a paediatric procedure room. The department has 2 Resuscitation rooms which are equipped for both adult and paediatric presentations. The department sees approximately 18,000 paediatric presentations every year and is staffed with Paediatric Emergency Physicians, Paediatric Registrars and Emergency Registrars.
Austin Health General Paediatrics Role
Registrars undertaking this role participate in a 7 week roster that rotates between day shifts on the ward and in clinic, evening shifts on the ward, night shifts on the ward and assisting in the Emergency Department, clinic shifts, non-clinical duties and shifts in the Emergency Department. This does include on call shifts.
The variety of shifts exposes you to a full range of acute and community paediatrics.
Austin Paediatrics has specialty streams of Eating Disorders, Diabetes and Epilepsy as well as a full range of inpatient and outpatient general paediatric presentations.
Regular clinic attendance allows for experience in longitudinal follow up of patients.
To be successful in this role you must:
· Demonstrate a commitment to Austin Health values
· Be registered as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) - (note eligible applicants will be assisted through this process).
· Have appropriate training and experience applicable to the field of Paediatric Medicine, including neonatal experience.
· Demonstrate a commitment to high quality patient care
· Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration
· Demonstrate an ability to communicate at all levels
· be able to participate in the roster for after hours and weekend cover required.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
Application Instructions:
Cover letter
Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Employment History Datasheet (upload as Selection Criteria Response) Working with Children Check
Current COVID-19 vaccination certificate.
Professional referees x 3
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Claire Brennan at Claire.BRENNAN2@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 15 October 2024
