AddressJob details
Position status Fixed Term Temporary Position type Part-time Occupational group Health - Medical Classification L13-L17 Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South Job ad reference QLD/H24CHQ552077 Closing date 10-Apr-2024 Yearly salary Fortnightly salary Total remuneration Salary Other Job duration Temporary, Part Time for 12 Months Contact person Stephen Stathis Contact details 07 3310 9408
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About Us
Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.
A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.
We provide an integrated network of services through:
- The Queensland Children's Hospital
- The Child and Youth Community Health Service
- The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
- Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
- Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations
Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.
Your Opportunity:
This temporary 12 month part time Senior Medical Officer position (General Practitioner with Special Interest, GPSI) will:
- Provide General Practice services to patients in accordance with the standards of the discipline and the ethics of the profession
- Provide advanced General Practice services in a subspecialty area, transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents, within a tertiary setting & ensure the provision of high quality, safe and family centred care within CHQ HHS within the agreed scope of experience and qualifications
- Deliver medical treatment of transgender and gender diverse young people as per recognised national and international clinical practice guidelines, namely, WPATH SOC8, Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines and Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guidelines (Hembree et al, 2017)
- Specific duties may involve outpatient services (including Telehealth), procedural work, multidisciplinary team meetings and collaboration and communication with other medical teams, professional streams and the QCGS team; research, teaching and training as required, or as directed by the Coordinator QCGS
- Ensure compliance with contemporary healthcare safety and quality standards, service standards, policies, procedures and guidelines and participate in CHQ assurance processes including accreditation.
- Liaise and collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective team functioning, positive patient outcomes and the achievement of departmental objectives.
- Actively participate in a working environment supporting quality human resources management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, occupational health and safety, ethical behaviour, and sensitivity to client issues.
- Explore innovative ways to improve value for money services.
- Enable clinical pathways.
- Document relevant clinical information clearly, concisely, accurately and appropriately.
- Ensure appropriate handover of patients, as needed.
- Liaise and collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective team functioning, positive patient outcomes and the achievement of departmental objectives.
Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as 'Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.
The Workforce attractive incentive scheme may apply to this position, please refer to the guidelines for further information https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives.
Further information
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