Obstetrics and Gynaecology Fellow

Fellow - Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Ballarat, Stawell and Horsham Fixed term full time – 38 hours per week
About the role The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Grampians Health Services provides inpatient and outpatient services for the women of Ballarat, Horsham and surrounding regions. Clinics offered in this service include antenatal care, gestational diabetes, high risk pregnancy care, surgical gynaecology, colposcopy, and family planning.
The maternity service at Horsham is the birthplace for approximately 300 - 400 births annually and is a level 4 service in the Victorian Maternity Services Capability Framework. Our maternity service cares for women birthing from 36 weeks and is supported by our Paediatric Service, in partnership with the Grampians Health – Ballarat campus maternity service.
The service at Ballarat births approximately 1500 women annually and is a level 5 maternity service with a special care nursery capability caring for babies from 32 weeks’ gestation. Approximately 300 gynaecological operations are performed per year.
Grampians Health (GH) is the largest regional health service in Victoria with a catchment of 250,000 people.
The mission of GH is to deliver fully integrated regional health services which maximise care, compassion, individual choice and quality outcomes.
Fellow Obstetrics and Gynaecology works closely with other members of the obstetric and Gynaecology team including midwifery, nursing, allied health and other Obstetric and Gynaecology consultants as well as junior medical staff in the provision of high standard Obstetrics and Gynaecology management to patients in the region.
This position is a supported and mentored early consultant role (year 1-3).
Key accountabilities:
Operating session as per agreed weekly timetable to cover Obstetrics and Gynaecology patients on the waiting list. This includes:
1-2 LUSCS lists per week including complex caesareans
Peer lists 2/ month with experienced endometriosis surgeon in Ballarat
Robotic assisting with gynaecology oncology surgeon 1 session per month.
Includes 1-2 all-day operating lists per month at Stawell with capability for operative laparoscopy and hysterectomy and at least 2 days per month in Horsham. 3 out of 4 weeks will be based in Ballarat.
Outpatient clinic session to see both newly referred and follow up Obstetrics and Gynaecology patients.
1-2 ultrasound scanning sessions per week EPAS scanning and Obstetric scanning.
Assessment and provision of operative services to Emergency Obstetrics and Gynaecology patients during weekday, daytime hours (8.00am to 6.00pm) as required.
Participation in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology on-call roster as notified. Oncall approximately 1:6 weekdays and 1:6 weekends.
Clinical Duties
Obstetrics: Participate in birth suite consultant cover, maternity antenatal clinic and the obstetric on call roster as rostered. Supervise and teach junior medical staff in obstetrics. Work collaboratively within the team including with midwives, general practitioners, paediatricians, anaesthetists, social workers, and any staff involved in patient care.
Gynaecology: Participate in gynaecology clinic, on call consultant duties day and night as rostered including care of emergency gynaecology patients, operating suite duties as rostered. Teach and supervise junior medical staff in gynaecology.
Be available exclusively for Grampians Health services when rostered as the on-call consultant. During the day, it is expected that the rostered consultant is on site in the hospital from 0730 am to 530pm. During the evening and overnight, it is expected the rostered consultant is available for phone advice and to attend the hospital within 20 minutes of being requested to. The on-call consultant must attend if requested to by junior medical staff onsite or if requested to by the midwife in charge of birth suite.
Assist with effective bed management and discharge planning for patients throughout Grampians Health Services.
Benefits
Grampians Health Services is the largest employer in the region and boasts many great staff benefits that include:
Collegiate team culture
Salary Packaging (meals and entertainment)
Staff health and wellbeing program
Employee assistance program
Free immunisations
Opportunities for career development, access to CME and negotiable ongoing work within Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Short term accommodation assistance while settling in
Benefits as stipulated in the AMA EBA award including phone allowance.
How to apply
Click APPLY or contact Natasha Frawley, Clinical Director – Women’s and Children’s, on 0437 211 635 or via email on natasha.frawley@gh.org.au, or contact Annabella Zupan Administrative Officer via email on Annabella.Zupan2@gh.org.au for a confidential discussion.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
Selection Criteria
Essential : Have you received three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.
Essential : The successful candidate must hold, or be prepared to undergo, an employee Working with Children Check (WWCC). Please advise if you currently hold an employee WWCC, if not are you willing to undergo one?
Essential : Do you hold current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)? Please detail your registration number.
Essential : Tell me what each of the following values mean to you and how you demonstrate each value at work? Collaboration, Accountability, Innovation, Respect and Compassion.