Vascular Surgeon

Austin Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellbeing program

Onsite childcare

Public transport access

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Austin Health is seeking a Vascular Surgeon for an ongoing fractional role based at Austin Hospital, Melbourne. The position involves managing inpatients and outpatients, on-call duties, and contributing to teaching, training and continuous improvement across the Vascular Surgery Unit.

You will work with medical, nursing and clinical teams, participate in audits and research, and help develop the service. Registration with AHPRA and RCCS fellowship are required.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Medical Practitioner with AHPRA.
• Fellowship of the RACS or equivalent.
• Experience in vascular surgery including interventional procedures.
• Current Radiation Licence (Radiation Act 2005).
• Commitment to teaching, research or clinical audit.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive management of vascular surgery inpatients and outpatients.
• Perform vascular surgery and interventional procedures within credentialed scope.
• Supervise and train accredited surgical trainees and staff.
• Participate in on-call services and unit activities.
• Contribute to research, quality improvement and governance.

Skills

Interventional vascular procedures

Education

Registration as Medical Practitioner in Australia with AHPRA

Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Membership of Australian & New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgery

Job description

• Ongoing, fractional Vascular Surgeon opportunity
• 7 hours per week available, with the possibility for hours to be split
• Contribute to specialist vascular surgery services, teaching, training and clinical improvement

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Vascular Surgery Unit

The Vascular Surgery Unit, part of the Surgery, Anaesthesia & Procedural Medicine Division, provides specialist vascular surgery services to patients across Austin Health.

Located primarily at Austin Hospital, the Unit is committed to high-quality patient care and undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. It also provides consultative services to other units across Austin Health, with a weekly outpatient clinic at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.

Ward 6 West is the neurosurgery and vascular surgery ward located on level 6 of the Austin Tower, alongside a comprehensive vascular laboratory.

About the role

As a Vascular Surgeon, you will provide comprehensive management of inpatients and outpatients, contribute to on-call and consultative services, and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and other clinical staff to provide safe and high-quality care.

You will also contribute to the supervision and education of trainees and junior medical staff, clinical audit, research, quality improvement and the ongoing development of vascular surgery services.

A regular day will see you:

• Provide comprehensive management of vascular surgery inpatients and outpatients and consultative services to other units
• Perform vascular surgery and interventional procedures within your credentialed scope of clinical practice
• Supervise, educate and train accredited surgical trainees, junior medical, nursing and other clinical staff
• Participate in on-call services, Unit activities, clinical audit and review of clinical practices
• Contribute to research, quality and risk management, clinical governance and continuous improvement

About you

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Registration as a Medical Practitioner in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), current Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons or equivalent, and membership of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgery
• Appropriate training and experience applicable to vascular surgery, including vascular interventional procedures, and a current Radiation Licence, Department of Human Services (Radiation Act 2005)
• Demonstrated commitment to high-quality patient care, research and/or clinical audit, together with involvement in teaching and training of medical, technical and nursing staff at undergraduate and postgraduate level
• Attendance and active involvement in relevant departmental, organisational and external meetings, with demonstrated engagement, teamwork, collaboration and effective communication at all levels
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to Clinical Governance and Austin Health values, ability to meet required immunisation screening requirements, and ability to work across multiple sites as required or directed by management

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Jason Chuen, Dir Vascular Surgery at ***********@austin.org.au