Clinical Director Medicine

Spinner Medical; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 359,000 - 598,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPA allowance

Employer superannuation (12.75%)

Leave loading (17.5%)

Professional development leave

Dev allowance

Private practice option

Clinical manager allowance

Car allowance

Job summary

Spinner Medical invites applications for a Clinical Director of Medicine in a regional Queensland hospital. The role combines strategic clinical leadership with half-time clinical practice in Adult Medicine, across inpatient and outpatient settings, including outreach to affiliated sites.

You will lead quality and safety initiatives, support education and training, and drive service improvement while ensuring financial targets for the department are met.

Qualifications

• FRACP required and leadership in multidisciplinary clinical service.
• Strong record in quality and safety, teaching and supervision, and research or service improvement.
• Applicants awaiting conferral of qualifications will be considered.
• Collegial and consultative leadership with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Medicine department with recruitment, retention, performance and development.
• Run quality, safety and risk initiatives including audits, incident reviews, open disclosure and root cause analysis.
• Maintain college accreditation and support professional development of colleagues.
• Plan models of care and improve access to medical services.
• Manage the department budget to meet financial targets.
• Teach and supervise trainees, students and staff, and support research.

Skills

Leadership

Quality & safety

Teaching

Communication

Research / improvement

Education

FRACP

Job description

• 0.5 FTE Clinical Director, 0.5 FTE Adult Medicine (w. or without subspecialty)
• Package up to $598k plus additional allowances.
• Lead and Inspire!

We are assisting a regional Queensland health service recruit a Clinical Director of Medicine for their 300 bed main referal hospital.

You will lead the Department of Medicine and maintain half your working week in clinical practice within Adult Medicine.

The hospital has EM, general medicine, cardio, renal, cancer services, palliative, geri, rehab, mental health, paeds, obs and gynaecology, surgery, orthopaedics, ICU and anaesthesia etc. Tertiary hospitals from other Queensland hubs provide further specialist services on a visiting basis. There is a Cancer unit which treats local patients with up-to-date equipment. The Department of Medicine is accredited for Basic Physician Training with RACP and also has a Director of Physician Education.

Scope

You will be responsible for the clinical and operational direction of medicine. Management responsiblities include but are not limited to:

• Leading the Medicine department with duties including recruitment, retention, performance and development
• Running quality, safety and risk initiatives such as audits, incident reviews, open disclosure, root cause analysis, complaints etc.
• Working with the Director of Physician Education and the Director of Clinical Training to maintain college accreditation and ensure colleagues' professional development is encouraged and maintained.
• Planning models of care and improving access to medical services.
• Managing the department of medicine budget to ensure meeting its financial targets
• Teaching and supervising trainees, students and staff, and supporting research

The clinical half of the role covers inpatient and outpatient work, on-call, and outreach across the wider health service. Services in the region run as one service across several sites, so you'll also work at facilities beyond the main hospital. Sub-specialty interests are welcome.

You will be permanently appointed as a Staff Specialist in your specialty and the Clinical Director role will be for 3 years. A further three-year extension can be negotiated.

Remuneration and benefits - broken down from the Queensland MOCA7 wage agreement.

Total rem package up to $598k which includes:

• Base salary.
• Attraction and retention allowance (PPA).
• 12.75% employer superannuation.
• 17.5% annual leave loading.
• Professional development leave of 3.6 weeks a year
• Professional development allowance of $22,145 a year
• Attraction and Retention Incentive Allowance, with private practice arrangements.
• Clinical Manager Allowance while you hold the Clinical Director role.
• Motor vehicle allowance up to $28k.

Plus overtime and on-call allowances, penalty shift allowances and so on.

Selection criteria

• FRACP
• Leadership experience in a multidisciplinary clinical service
• A good record in quality and safety, teaching and supervision, and research or service improvement
• Applicants awaiting conferral of qualifications or registration will be considered.
• Collegiate and consultative leadership skills.
• First class communication ability - to be able lead, motivate and inform all stakeholders, at all levels, internal and external.

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