Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (In-Reach Rehabilitation)

Princess Alexandra Hospital are looking for a Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist to join their In-Reach Rehabilitation Service. This role will work in a multidisciplinary team to provide specialist rehabilitation to patients in acute wards at the Princess Alexandra Hospital under an in-reach model of care. The team will deliver services to patients under the care of other medical and surgical specialties to enable earlier rehabilitation while acute care needs are being addressed, and to assist with the timely flow of patients through the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• Provide specialist rehabilitation services at Metro South Hospital and Health Service,
• Provide in-reach services to patients on acute wards
• Provide inpatient consultations
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, including case conference, family meetings and inter-speciality meetings
• Potential to undertake home visits, if required to assist with inpatient flow
• Training, education and supervision of junior medical staff and teaching for other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Professional leadership in the evaluation and quality improvement for the in-reach rehabilitation service.
• This role will work closely with the Directors of the rehabilitation sub-speciality services offered at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and with the Director of Geriatric Medicine.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).

Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives ( https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives )

This process may be used to appoint to same or similar vacancies for a period of up to 12 months after the closing date of the initial vacancy. A vacancy advertisement will lapse if no appointment is made within six months of the closing date of the vacancy.