Senior Medical Practitioner – Palliative Care

The position is a recruitment pool for Fixed Term Sessional (0.3 FTE) contract for up to 5 years with the possibility of extension.

About the role:

The Senior Medical Practitioner - Palliative Care is a pivotal member of the regional Palliative Care multidisciplinary team, contributing to the delivery of comprehensive Palliative Care services in the Goldfields Region. Working collaboratively with the Palliative Care specialist and healthcare professionals, you will actively engage in patient-centred management, developing the capacity in generalist clinicians, and creating individualised care plans for complex cases. Your role will require you to work in a variety of setting, including outpatient clinic visits, ward rounds, home visits, and nursing home consultations.

With a population of 52,348, the Goldfields region faces unique healthcare challenges, with 13% identifying as Aboriginal. Your crucial role involves providing clinical services in a culturally sensitive manner for this diverse community, where many patients, predominantly adults of low socio-economic status, present with cancer diagnoses (approximately 80%).

The Goldfields region is home to a population of 52,348, including a 13% Aboriginal population. The region presents distinctive healthcare challenges due to its diverse makeup. Your vital responsibility is to deliver clinical services to this community with culture sensitivity, considering the prevalence of cancer diagnoses, particularly among low socio-economic status adults (approximately 80% of patients).

In this autonomous position, you will closely collaborate with clinical nurses and maintain regular communication with the Palliative Care Specialist, who attends Kalgoorlie every 3-4 weeks and is available by telephone at other times.

Be part of a team dedicated to overcoming challenges and providing quality care to the region's residents. Want to hear more? Check out the Working in Kalgoorlie Video!

Remuneration Package:

Senior Medical Practitioner Year 1-3 is $659.40 – 701.16 per session.

The above salary range is inclusive of base salary, a professional development allowance of $61.20 per session, and a 11% employer contribution towards superannuation.

The salary for this position is based on a sessional salary under the WA Health System Medical Practitioners AMA Industrial Agreement 2022.

About the Region:

The Goldfields-Esperance region is located in the south-eastern corner of Western Australia and is the largest region in the state with a land area of 771,276 square kilometres. The region is three times the size of the state of Victoria and just under a third of Western Australia's total land mass. The character of the Goldfields-Esperance region reflects the unique Aboriginal culture, the legacies of early mining and agricultural pioneers and a multi-cultural history of interstate and international migration.

The region includes Western Australia's Golden Outback which stretches from the rugged red earth of the Northern Goldfields and Great Western Woodland to the sweeping snow-white beaches of Esperance and the South Coast.

The coastal Esperance zone boasts a range of stunning natural attractions including national parks, Kepwari Wetland Walk Trail, Woody Island and Lake Monjingup, which exhibit coastal scenery, extraordinary flora and fauna, peaceful bushwalks and well-maintained campgrounds.

Heading inland Kalgoorlie-Boulder is Australia’s largest outback city and the heart of Western Australia’s Goldfields region. With a population of more than 30,000, the city is a dynamic and sophisticated regional centre. The area offers astounding diversity and beauty in its national parks and reserves, tranquil eucalyptus forests, wide sweeping plains, dry lake beds, low lying scrub land and spinifex fields.

Keen to know more about what Kalgoorlie has to offer? Check out the Move to Kal website for more info!

What's in it for you:

• Explore the technicolour dreamscape of the Golden Outback. The Goldfields is a truly unique Australian outback getaway, from striking landscapes, the gold rush heritage and Aboriginal history. There is something for everyone!
• You’ll become part of a vibrant and close-knit community, the people of the Kalgoorlie are known for their warm hospitality.
• Need to travel to the city? Perth is only a short 1 hour flight away, with regional residents entitled to capped flight pricing. There is also a return daily passenger rail service to Perth too.
• Highly competitive salary packages which are among the highest in Australia.
• Additional entitlements for working in a rural location such as district allowance, accommodation subsidies, air conditioner subsidies, travel days and, generous annual leave entitlements.
• If you are coming to work from overseas or interstate:
  • You will be eligible to be reimbursed for costs related to the relocation of yourself and your immediate family (conditions apply).
  • We can offer a range of employee-sponsored work visas including PR (conditions apply).

Application Process:

To apply for this position, applicants must have a current and valid email address for online application and communication purposes. If you encounter any difficulties while applying online, please contact *********@health.wa.gov.au.

To complete the application, please apply online via MedJobs WA – Ref 12098 and submit the following documents:

• A statement addressing each of the Work Related Criteria found in the attached Job Description Form and how you are able to meet the position requirements. It is recommended you contact the person listed in this advertisement for further information about the role and selection process.
• A detailed Curriculum Vitae which summarises your experience and how you are able to meet the position requirements. Please include contact details for work related referees (one of your referees must be a current supervisor or manager).

For any inquiries, please contact Dr Anil Tandon on (08) 6457 25***or via email at ***********@health.wa.gov.au.

This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au

Please note this recruitment process requires completion of satisfactory Pre-Employment Health Assessment (PEHA).  Any offer of employment with WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is conditional on satisfactory PEHA to ensure you are able to perform the inherent requirements of the position. An unsatisfactory PEHA will result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.  Please see the attached WACHS PEHA Policy for further information.

Late or emailed applications will not be accepted.