Staff Specialist - Palliative Care (527348)

Service Tasmania; Launceston; On-site; AUD 216,000 - 311,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a progressive team dedicated to providing exceptional palliative care in Launceston. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on quality improvement and innovative therapeutic programs. You will engage in community, inpatient, and acute care settings while contributing to education and research initiatives in partnership with local universities. With a strong emphasis on collaboration and evidence-based practices, this position is ideal for a dedicated medical professional looking to make a meaningful impact in the field of palliative care. Embrace this chance to enhance your career while improving the lives of patients and their families.

Benefits

Salary packaging options

Motor vehicle allowance

Continuing Professional Development Allowance

Qualifications

• Specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia in relevant specialty.
• Experience in Palliative Medicine is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-standard specialist palliative care services.
• Facilitate best practice and collaborate with health service providers.

Skills

Palliative Care

Medical Registration

Clinical Foundation of Palliative Medicine

Education and Teaching

Research Skills

Education

Medical Degree

Fellowship with AChPM

Job description

The Role:

Based in the community in Launceston, you will be joining a friendly and motivated multidisciplinary team including a small core team of specialists, registrars, nursing and allied health staff. We provide palliative care services across Northern Tasmania extending from the Meander Valley, to the Bass Strait and the Bay of Fires and to historic central Tasmania.

The role provides a variety of practice, incorporating community, inpatient and acute setting care. The service is accredited for Clinical Foundation of Palliative Medicine and has all three RACP Chapter Palliative Medicine Advanced Trainee terms accredited.

The successful applicant will enjoy opportunities to contribute to education in partnership with Uni. Tasmania, as well as research opportunities through the Clifford Craig Foundation, established to support medical research in the Northern region of Tasmania.

We are a progressive team, with a strong focus on quality improvement initiatives, novel therapeutics and programs which improve access to specialist and generalist palliative care for people in our catchment. Current projects include specialist palliative care in aged care facilities across our region and a Northern Palliative Care ECHO program with rural and remote GPs, and a seven-day week specialist nursing service.

We aim to:

• Provide the highest possible standard of specialist palliative care medical services, consultancy and advice to patients and families.
• Facilitate the development and delivery of best practice specialist palliative care medical services in Tasmania.
• Provide teaching in palliative care for undergraduate and postgraduate students, general practitioners and primary and specialist health professionals.
• Promote and participate in palliative care research, audits and evaluation to improve evidence-based practice.
• Work collaboratively with primary health service providers and specialist health service providers across the range of settings for effective continuity of care.

Details of appointment:

Permanent part-time day worker with on-call position, working up to 60.8 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

Salary:

Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1- Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 3 $216,300 - $310,389 per annum, pro rata + 11.5% superannuation + access to salary packaging.

Please note that access to the Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner salary range $300,216 - $310,389 is subject to the successful applicant satisfying the criteria for Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1, 2 or 3 as outlined in the Medical Practitioners (Tasmanian State Service) Award.

In addition, the following allowances and benefits, calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Salary packaging options include a range of benefits like living expenses up to $9,010 and $2,650 in meals and entertainment every year.
• Motor vehicle allowance of $28,389 per annum, pro rata.
• Continuing Professional Development Allowance of $16,480 per annum, pro rata.

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria as:

• Specialist or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia in a relevant specialty.

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Fellow with the Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (AChPM) or an Specialist Medical Practitioner with extensive experience in Palliative medicine.

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 pages application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.

*only Agencies specifically contracted are invited to provide applicants to this role

For more information

Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.

Name: Peta Alford
Position: Nurse Unit Manager - Palliative Care
Phone number: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]