Consultant/Specialist Obstetrician And Gynaecologist

Are you looking for somewhere challenging, rewarding...somewhere fundamentally different to live and work.

The Role:
Our client is a Regional Base Hospital with a catchment area of over 1 million square km's they currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Consultant/Specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to join their service, as part of a multidisciplinary team you will provide clinical services in O and G.

Want to get closer to ‘the heart’ of Australia? Want to have a positive impact on health and wellbeing in regional and remote Australia?
 

• Salary up to $290,000
• Enjoy an amazing community spirit, welcoming newcomers with boundless enthusiasm.
• A beautiful and unique part of the world with high quality educational facilities, vibrant community, many art and sporting facilities and a backyard that many travels across the world to see.
• Here you can grow your career and still be home to watch the sunset!
• Hot summer days are contrasted against frosty, sub-zero winter nights.
• Approximately 800 deliveries per annum.

About 60 per cent of women delivering are Indigenous. The delivery rates do not truly reflect the clinical workload. The case mix is varied and includes a high pre-term delivery rate and serious maternal morbidity with infectious diseases, diabetes mellitus, renal disease, and rheumatic heart disease.
 
The generous estimated remuneration package for this position includes:

• Professional Training Allowance**
• Second Roster Allowance **
• Private Practice Allowance - Option B**
• Regional and Remote Attraction Allowance **
• Regional and Remote Retention Payment**
• Hospital Salary packaging **
• 6 weeks recreation leave.
• Access to Professional Development leave
• Superannuation
• Leave Loading
• Relocation and Repatriation Reimbursement

Doctors in training gain valuable clinical exposure to Indigenous health issues and high-risk medical obstetrics, as well as a first-hand experience of varied and specific challenges faced in providing health care to a population as diverse as that found in the Northern Territory.

Consultant Obs and Gynae/Specialist/Senior Specialist - remuneration dependent on skills and experience - Remuneration Package $265,627 - $291,433

The Location:
A thriving, spirited outback centre, a location that is as famous for the personality of its locals and contemporary and traditional art as the natural wonders.
An intriguing place that host's a jam-packed calendar of festivals, celebrations, and quirky events throughout the year.

Travel west to the Finke Gorge National Park for the desert oases of Palm Valley and Finke River, or head north to Halls Creek and Gem Tree. Rainbow Valley, to the south, reveals a shifting palette of sandstone colours throughout the day - a photographer's dream. 

Skills & Qualifications required:

1. Registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
2. Appropriate specialist qualification, ie. Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Australia and New Zealand or RANZCOG assessed as substantially comparable.
3. Interest in Indigenous health, and an ability to interact effectively with people of diverse cultures.
4. Good verbal and written communication skills
5. The ability to work as part of a team.
6. Ability to assume administrative and supervisory responsibilities
7. 7Demonstrated initiative and ability to motivate others and to directly manage, teach and improve performance of junior staff

The Benefits:

• Supportive team
• Unique opportunity
• Plus, more..............
• Relocation assistance provided (to be negotiated)

How do I Apply:
Please forward your resume to - ******@ccjobs.com.au.
For more information about this and other opportunities and a confidential discussion please contact Nicki Wade on: Ph: 02 66745***