Head of department anaesthesia.

Spinner Medical Recruitment; Wodonga; On-site; AUD 423,000 - 517,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinner Medical Recruitment presents an opportunity in the Anaesthesia department at Albury Wodonga Health. The role involves delivering anaesthesia across 10 theatres and supporting a busy, multidisciplinary team across Victoria and NSW border communities.

The position includes teaching registrar and junior doctors, involvement in patient safety and quality initiatives, and on-call responsibilities within a dynamic health service.

Qualifications

• FANZCA
• Demonstrated management and operational skills
• Excellent teamwork, collaborative and communication capabilities
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, providing leadership, encouragement and inspiration
• Commitment to teaching, continuing education, and research
• Willingness and ability to undertake continuous quality improvement projects
• A commitment to ethical medical practice
• Willingness to be on an on-call roster

Responsibilities

• Provide anaesthesia services across two campuses with 10 theatres across multiple subspecialties.
• Teach registrars and junior doctors within the training program.
• Work on patient safety and quality projects and participate in morbidity and mortality meetings.

Skills

Management & operations

Teamwork

Communication

Multidisciplinary leadership

Teaching & research

Quality improvement

Ethical practice

On-call readiness

Education

FANZCA

Job description

1d ago , from Spinner Medical Recruitment

• Package of up to $470k - including new wage increases of 3%
• Serve a local community of 100,000 and support a catchment population of 300,000.
• Great place to live! Amazing affordable housing options,full city amenities and private schooling.

Rewards and benefits.

• Remuneration up to $470k based on years of experience, private practice allowances and location allowances.
• Employer support towards permanent residency.
• Exceptional annual professional development allowance of close to $31k.
• Full relocation allowance with added Victorian government cash incentives.

Albury and Wodonga are two cities, side by side, across the Victorian and NSW border. The cities are home to the iconic Murray River and its waterways, Lake Hume, sensational food producers, museums, a rich international migrant and Aboriginal Australian history and a rich choice of schooling.

Albury Wodonga Health is a major Australian patient centred health service. Its values are: fairness, justice, teamwork, respect, trust, accountability and compassion.

Anaesthesia department and post highlights

• Accredited for 24 months ANZCA training and SIMG supervision.
• Well established and growinganaesthesia department.
• 20 FANZCA and registrarsfrom training schemes across Victoria, NSW and the ACT.
• 10 theatres spread across two campuses, and provides services for general surgery, orthopaedics, urology, vascular, ophthalmology, ENT, obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatric surgery along with radiology, cardiology and respiratory procedures.
• Providing essential services to the close knit community.
• Clinical, non-clinical split 80:20.
• Teaching registrar and other junior doctors.
• Work on patient safety and quality projects.
• Managemorbidity and mortality meetings.

Community highlights

• 3 hr drive to Melbourne.
• Busy domestic airport with direct flights to Melbourne and Sydney for international transfers.
• Excellent private schools.
• Sensational housing options - at half the cost of Melbourne and Sydney.
• Summer recreation - water sports on lakes: jetski'ing, sailing, power boating etc; trekking, MTB etc. cricket clubs: 9 Clubs, 50 Junior Teams, 29 Senior Teams, ovals, rugby, football, hockey facilities, Olympic swimming pools etc.
• Winter recreation - all the above and easy access to the Australian ski-fields and resorts.
• Amenities: cinemas, theatres, shopping, great cafes and restaurants.
• Churches, mosques and other places of worship, with diverse community demographics.

Selection criteria

• FANZCA
• Demonstrated management and operational skills
• Excellent teamwork, collaborative and communication capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, providing leadership, encouragement and inspiration.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, and research.
• Willingness and ability to undertake continuous quality improvement projects.
• A commitment to ethical medical practice.
• Willingness to be on an on-call roster.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters of Australia and the Torres Strait. We acknowledge them as the first inhabitants of Australia and the traditional custodians of the lands. We also pay our respects to Elders past and present.