Consultant - Emergency Department (Multiple Positions)

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals – Elizabeth Vale and Modbury
• Total Indicative Remuneration: $438,740 - $657,456 p.a. (pro rata) – MD2
• Temporary Full-Time and Part-Time, up until 1 October 2024 (Multiple Positions)

About Us:

Do you want to work somewhere that has great beaches, a fantastic and varied food scene, world class wine regions, and a variety of exciting cultural events such as the largest fringe festival outside of Edinburgh? Then the NALHN Emergency Departments in Adelaide are for you!

Adelaide is considered the 3rd most liveable city in the world; this metropolitan environment gives you the space to enjoy the Mediterranean climate, with parks and outside activities like mountain biking, bush walking, swimming, paddle boarding and surfing a short drive away; allowing great work life balance! The city has modern art galleries and museums, a lively laneway bar and restaurant scene, multiple venues that attract touring musicians, theatre productions and musicals and of course a multitude of festivals.

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

About You:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Emergency Consultant looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Consultant within the Emergency Departments of Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals.

The Emergency Department Consultant is responsible for managing the care of all patients allocated to them in the Emergency Department in collaboration with the responsible Resident Medical Officers, Registrars, fellow Consultants, Nurses and Allied Health professionals.

In this role you will be involved in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and continuing education activities.

What about work? You’ll be on a 7 day, 38 hour (4 shifts) per week roster (full-time hours) made up of day and late shifts with the capacity to make roster requests to accommodate all that South Australia has to offer. Consultants are rostered from the morning through to midnight and senior ED registrars/medical practitioners overnight with consultants on call. We pride ourselves on having a friendly and inclusive team across medical, nursing, admin and allied health with social activities organised throughout the year. Across the ED’s we see a wide variety of cases, from neonates and paediatrics through to geriatrics, including trauma, toxicology and resuscitation cases which you will be involved with assessing and managing. 

To be eligible for this position, you must hold a Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent. Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration; or another qualification as defined in the SA Medical Officers Award.

The Total Indicative Remuneration figure is calculated taking into account base salary, leave loading and superannuation as well as managerial allowances, professional development or any other allowances where appropriate.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job Ref: 860513

Enquiries

Critical Care Recruitment

Phone: (08) 8282 1***

E-mail: ***************@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

14 June 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

 860513 - Consultant - Emergency Department (Multiple Positions) - MD2 - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.