AddressClassification: Registrar 1-4
Salary: $112,917 - $141,084 plus superannuation
Position No: LP9703 - 02HF1
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 08 May 2024
Contact Officer: Samantha Garvin on ***************@act.gov.au
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
About the Hospital:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)
This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.
The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.
Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.
The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.
About the role:
The North Canberra Hospital Palliative Care team provides an in home palliative care service to residents of the ACT. This team is focused on ensuring that patients are able to stay at home as their illness progresses. The team provide advice and support to the primary care team. Teach families skills in how to care for patients according to their needs. They provide access in home equipment to facilitate the patient staying at home as long as possible. Patients in this service have access to phone support 24hrs per day. Access to this service is a referral pathway from GP or specialist doctor. The referral form is available at the link below.
The Palliative Care Registrar participates in and provides medical support to the interdisciplinary team across hospice, community and hospital based palliative care programs under the supervision of Palliative Care Consultants.
Under limited direction of the Palliative Care Consultants you will perform competent and efficient clinical management of patients of CHS under the supervision and direction of consultant physicians in general medicine. You will:
- Under supervision of Palliative Care Consultants, provide palliative care in inpatient and outpatient settings and participate in the Palliative Care after-hours on call roster.
- Participate in the supervision, training and professional development of junior medical staff.
- Assist with facilitating patient flow through the hospitals by working with access unit personnel.
- Participate in the education programme at Clare Holland House, and in appropriate external palliative care and other medical education.
- Participate in the after-hours and on-call roster.
- Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.
- Comply with the policies and requirements of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the policies of ACT Health.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.
About you:
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Behavioural Capabilities
- Enthusiasm for clinical excellence.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a clinical team.
- Commitment to continued professional development, including ongoing teaching and learning.
Requirements/Qualifications:
Mandatory
- Relevant registered trainee of a College with a minimum of 3 years’ experience working professionally in Medicine.
- Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Be a registered trainee of a College Training program (e.g: RACP, RACGP) including the Clinical Diploma in Palliative Medicine through the Chapter of Palliative Medicine (RACP) equivalent higher specialist qualification
- The successful applicant will need to be available for weekend and after-hours work.
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for 3 completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.
Desirable
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with North Canberra Hospital Credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for medical professionals.
Notes: These are temporary positions available for 12 months.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
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NoteNotes: These are temporary positions available for 12 months.
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