Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Requisition ID: REQ343836
Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) is seeking an experienced Staff Specialist to join our team at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
We are looking for a Staff Specialist in Clinical Genetics! The primary purpose of the role of Staff Specialist in Clinical Genetics is to provide high quality diagnostic, consultative, procedural and on-call specialty services in Clinical Genetics, and to participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities within the Institute of Precision Medicine & Bioinformatics (IPM&B) and Hospital as required.
The Staff Specialist in Clinical Genetics will provide excellent clinical genetics diagnosis and management to inpatients and outpatients within the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) – particularly Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and Concord Repatriation General Hospital (CRGH). The Clinical Genetics Service (CGS) is currently involved in a number of specialty clinics, primarily servicing RPAH; a tertiary hospital with strong university links. The Staff Specialist in Clinical Genetics will ensure a high standard of professional performance and encouragement of an academic environment which supports education, research and professional development.
The successful applicant will be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) with recognised qualifications in Clinical Genetics and/or other equivalent specialist recognition as provided for in the NSW Staff Specialists (State) Award.
Salary and conditions are in accordance with the NSW Staff Specialist (State) Award.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW. Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. Please provide proof of booster vaccination if available.
For enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Lisa Worgan on phone: (02) 9515 5014 or via email at
Applications are accepted via eCredential ONLY. To apply, and follow the Registration/Login process. Create/update your Clinician Profile and complete the Application and Selection Criteria Questions. If you experience difficulties, please refer to the or contact SLHD eCredential Team at or phone 9515 9933.
SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
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Applications Close: 07 October 2022