Consultant Neurologist

You will be working in a 236-bed regional hospital that services 10 rural hospitals and multi-purpose health facilities across the region. The Health Service is embarking on an exciting period of growth with a $250m redevelopment of the base hospital to provide an additional 112 inpatient beds and an expansion of outpatient and support services.Clinicians working here enjoy a challenging and rewarding clinical case mix that includes busy inpatient and outpatient general medicine, paediatrics, surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics & gynaecology and mental health services. These core inpatient services are well integrated with active emergency medicine, anaesthetic and intensive care departments and supported by a wide range of allied health services.The neurology service includes outpatient clinics, inpatient consultation with medical teams, and being a clinical lead for the acute and subacute stroke service. Currently, the service provides the following outpatient clinics: General Neurology clinics and Botulinum Toxin clinics for chronic migraines. Applicants will be supported if they want to run other specialised clinics also. The role is well supported by the neurology department at the tertiary referral centre, who also provide endovascular clot retrieval for eligible patients. Active involvement in their teaching program and regular clinics/procedural clinics is encouraged, alongside the ability to do procedural work such as Botox injections on-site. Neurophysiology (NCS/EEG) services are performed on-site and reported in the tertiary centre. The neurology team works as a part of the General Medicine department and reports to the Clinical Director of Medicine.
The Job

• Consultant neurologists will provide appropriate evidence-based neurology services to inpatients and phone consultations to other regional sites under the service
• You will also provide appropriate evidence-based neurology services to outpatient clinics in neurology
• It is advantageous if the Consultant Neurologist is able to run a service providing botulinum toxin therapy for chronic migraine
• Also, preferable if you are able to report EEGs, Nerve Conduction studies and EMGs
• You will participate in stroke committee forum meetings
• Attendance at seminars and conferences to maintain up-to-date knowledge, skills and best practices and to maintain RACP-mandated requirements is required
• Consultants will participate in the department’s Quality Assurance Program such as participation in morbidity-mortality meetings, and practice audits like stroke audits
• You will participate in running the education programme by contributing to the delivery of teaching medical students, and registrars
• You will contribute to teaching medical students, registrars, RMOs, Interns and other health professional

Rewards

• Total salary package of up to $514,452
• Generous leave allowances
• Here you will enjoy relaxed and comfortable rural and coastal living opportunities, only an hour's flight from Brisbane and a short distance to the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. The tropical climate is ideal for outdoor living with beautiful beaches and a spectacular natural environment nearby. Families are well serviced by a choice of high-quality schools and a wide range of sporting clubs with excellent facilities

Requirements

• Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent

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