Senior Geriatrics Clinician: Lead Team & Complex Discharge

NT Health; Darwin; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Health in Darwin is seeking a Staff Specialist Clinician SMO1.1–SMO1.6 for the Division of Medicine at Royal Darwin Hospital. The role requires high-level leadership to manage a large team of junior staff in busy units and to orchestrate complex discharge planning with ambulatory care to ensure timely discharges.

Engagement with culturally oriented care and the ability to work with a diverse multicultural Top End population are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of a large team of junior staff
• Exceptional understanding of complex discharge planning
• Ability to engage ambulatory care services for timely discharges

Responsibilities

• Lead a large team of junior staff in busy units.
• Coordinate and optimize complex discharge planning to improve patient flow.

Skills

Leadership

Discharge planning

Team management

Job description

Department of Health in Darwin is seeking a Staff Specialist Clinician SMO1.1–SMO1.6 for the Division of Medicine at Royal Darwin Hospital. The role requires high-level leadership to manage a large team of junior staff in busy units and to orchestrate complex discharge planning with ambulatory care to ensure timely discharges.

Engagement with culturally oriented care and the ability to work with a diverse multicultural Top End population are essential.