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Canberra Health Services

$265,067 – $358,114

Employment Type – Permanent, Full Time Position (part time/ job share arrangement possible)

Classification – Staff Specialist/Senior Staff Specialist

Title– Deputy Service Clinical Director, Peri-Operative Services, Department of Anaesthesia

Position Number – LP6838

Total Salary Range –$265,067.13 to $358,114.14 (pro rata for part-time positions) excluding Attraction and Retention Incentive

Base Salary – $188,151 to $254,198 (pro rata for part-time). The starting salary will be negotiated based on the candidate’s experience and expertise.

Additional Allowances – Includes a Private Practice Scheme Allowance and an on-call allowance (17.4% of base salary plus Private Practice Allowance).

Superannuation – 1.5% of the base salary.

Location – North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT

Section – Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine

Closing Date – 3rd September 2024

 What can we offer you: 

• Visit our Senior Medical Officer careers
• City living without the traffic – click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions. 
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions. 
• 11.5% Superannuation. 
• VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates
• Attraction and Retention Incentive – $50,000 pa (Pro rata for part time) – reviewed every 2 years.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate on permanent and long term appointments (subject to review and approval)

About the Hospital:

North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)

This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s north side.

The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.

Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.

The new north side Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it’s business as usual at the NCH, and we’ll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.

 About the role:

The Deputy Service Clinical Director will provide a high-level perioperative service within the Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, which best serves CHS and its patients, guided by current evidence based medical care and patient outcomes in the field.  They will provide leadership in areas of clinical activity, service development and delivery, administration, teaching, and quality assurance and must have the ability to develop close relationships with all relevant stakeholders throughout the patient’s perioperative journey.

North Canberra Public Hospital offers procedures covering the following specialties: ophthalmology, O&G, general surgery, elective orthopaedics, urology, vascular, ENT, endoscopy and some dental and plastic surgery.

The Deputy Service Clinical Director Peri-Operative Services is responsible for:

• Provision of clinical leadership, professional supervision and support to those staff engaged in the patient’s perioperative journey.
• Management of Perioperative rosters and recruitment in conjunction with medical and nursing leadership with the Department of Anaesthetics.
• Development and management of departmental policies and procedures based on current evidence and clinical standards in consultation and in alignment with NCH and Departmental requirements.
• Promotion of perioperative services within the hospital and community.
• Providing the Director of Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Services with regular, structured feedback on all developments and policy matters related to perioperative services at NCH.
• Maintain their own ethical and professional standards and currency of professional knowledge and practice.
• Participation in research and teaching.
• Participation in Quality and Assurance activities including contribution to complaints received by or pertaining to the peri-operative service. 

Commitment

0.5-1.0 FTE position in perioperative medicine component and Anaesthesia (negotiable – can also be a shared position).

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;

• Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees.
• A maximum two page pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria when drafting your response. 
• Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident.

Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position.

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with North Canberra Hospital Credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for medical professionals.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Dr Melinda Ford, CHSNCH.medical.recruitment@act.gov.au

A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.