Consultant General Surgery Ynlhn

SA Health
Job reference: 853410
Location: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin Hospital - Elizabeth Vale & Port Pirie
• Total Indicative Remuneration: $346,650 - $778,921 p.a. (pro rata)- MD2
• Temporary Part-Time - 18.75 hours per week - Up to 20 September 2024

About Us:
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 dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic 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.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a General Surgery Consultant within the Division of Surgical Specialties and Anaesthetics.

• The appointee will have an FRACS or equivalent and be eligible for enrolment on the Specialist Register of South Australia.
• Involvement in Continuous Quality Improvement activities.
• Involvement in continuing education activities.
• Involvement in Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management activities. Incumbent will be responsible for managing the care of all patients allocated to them in collaboration with the responsible Medical Officers, Registrars, fellow Consultants, Nurses and Allied Health professionals.
• Incumbent must undertake a commitment to continuous quality improvement activities including regular Surgical Audit.
• Will have extensive experience and undertaken specialised training in the field of General surgery.
• Will be responsible for managing the care of patients in consultation with the responsible Registrars, Consultants, Nurses and Allied Health professionals.

To be eligible for this position, you must

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent, registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with General Registration.
• 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.

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 in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 853410
Enquiries
NALHN Surgical Medical Admin
Phone: (08) 8133 2344
E-mail:
Application Closing Date
12 January 2024 - 11.55PM
Attachments

• Refer to the SA Health Career Website - for further information

Flexibility Statement
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.