2028 WCHN Orthopaedic Fellow

I Work For Sa; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 117,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meal entertainment benefit

Fitness Passport

Public transport

Employee assistance

Job summary

SA Health’s Women’s and Children’s Health Network in North Adelaide is seeking an Orthopaedic Fellow to provide clinical care under consultant supervision, teaching and research activities, and broad surgical experience across hospital sites.

The role is a full-time fixed-term contract until 28 January 2029 with a salary range of AU$117,483 to AU$183,357 plus 12% superannuation and salary sacrifice benefits.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent and Medical Board registration.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience as Intern/Resident/Registrar in a teaching hospital.
• Extensive clinical Orthopaedic Surgery experience; active involvement in teaching/research.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-level clinical services to orthopaedic inpatients and outpatients.
• Ensure patients and families receive information to support decisions and follow-up.
• Demonstrate safe, effective pediatric orthopaedic surgical care for complex cases.
• Contribute to quality management and continuous improvement of practice and service delivery.
• Support a positive team culture and safe work environment.

Education

MBBS or equivalent, Medical Board registration

Job description

SA Health
Job reference: 940134
Location: 5006 - NORTH ADELAIDE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Women's and Children's Health Network, SurgicalServices, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary - MDP2 - Medical Practitioner, $ 117,483 to$ 183,357 + 12% Superannuation and Salary SacrificeBenefits
• Full time, fixed term (temporary) contract until 28January 2029

About WCHN

Join the Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), SouthAustralia's leading provider of care for women, babies, childrenand young people. We're shaping the future of healthcare throughcompassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at theheart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 eachFBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities,groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for mealentertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitnessprogram that gives you and your family access to a wide choiceof gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women's andChildren's Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff(excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee AssistanceProgram.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject toeligibility.

About the role

The Orthopaedic Fellow provides clinical care to orthopaedicinpatients and outpatients under consultant supervision, supportsclinical teaching and research activities, and gains broad surgicalexperience across multiple hospital sites. The role also includesparticipation in on-call roster coordination and may involveoperating fluoroscopy equipment subject to appropriate licensingand credentialing.

Key duties of the role

• Provide a professional clinical consultant service to theinpatients and outpatients of the Women's and Children'sHospital.
• Ensuring that patients/families are given adequateinformation upon which to base treatment decision andfollow-up.
• Demonstrate the ability to safely & effectively providesurgical services for children for general paediatricprocedures, in children without significantco-morbidities.
• Quality management and continuous Improvement of practiceand service delivery
• Contribute to a positive team culture and safe workenvironment

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) orequivalent, registrable with the Medical Board of Australia asa Medical Practitioner with General Registration.
• Minimum 4 years' experience as an Intern, Resident MedicalOfficer, or Registrar in a recognised teaching hospital, withAdvanced Trainee experience.
• Extensive clinical experience and demonstrated competencein Orthopaedic Surgery.
• Proven experience in clinical teaching, researchactivities, and multidisciplinary team-based care.

Please note that, due to the supervision requirements associatedwith this position, the Women's and Children's Health Network(WCHN) is unable to support International Medical Graduates (IMGs)with overseas medical qualifications who require supervision underthe AHPRA Standard Pathway.

Applicants who require registration and supervision under the AHPRAStandard Pathway are therefore not eligible for this position andwill not be considered for shortlisting.

Applicants are encouraged to confirm their AHPRA registrationpathway and eligibility prior to submitting an application.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 08 November 202611:55PM

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity andflexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouragedto apply.

Flexibility Statement

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.