Staff Specialist - Persistent Pain Services

Department of Health
Hospitals South
Hospitals Sth - SAA&CS

Applications must be submitted by Thursday 15 December, 2022 11:55 PM

Position details Applications close: Thursday 15 December, 2022 11:55 PM AEST
Award/Classification: Specialist Med Pract Lvl 1 Employment Type: Full Time
Region: South
Location: Surgery RHH

The Hospital:

The Department of Health is seeking interest from suitably qualified applicants for a Staff Specialist - Persistent Pain Services vacancy.

The Royal Hobart Hospital is the State's tertiary referral centre and is also the primary teaching hospital for the University of Tasmania School of Medicine.

All our services work closely together to focus on delivering excellence in healthcare to achieve improved outcomes for our consumers, our workforce, and the Tasmanian community.

The role: * Provide services in Persistent Pain Medicine, including diagnosis, treatment and care for inpatients and outpatients at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) and other health services in Tasmania where appropriate.

• In consultation with other clinical services, assist with the management of RHH patients.
• Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs.
• Undertake research in Persistent Pain Medicine.
• Participate in such Hospital committee and administrative matters as required by the Clinical Head, Chief Executive Hospitals South, Group Manager - Complex, Chronic and Community Service and Executive Director of Medical Services.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of Appointment

Permanent full time day worker position working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing after 15 December 2022.

*Notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary:

Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1 - Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 3

$163,005 - $247,768 pro rata per annum + 10.5% superannuation

*Please note that access to the Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner salary range $234,726 -$247,768 is subject to the successful applicant satisfying the criteria for Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1, 2 or 3 as outlined in the Medical Practitioners (Tasmanian State Service) Award

• In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:
• Provision of a fully maintained private plated motor vehicle or motor vehicle allowance of $25,758 per annum
• Communication allowance of $1948 per annum
• Continuing Professional Development Allowance of $24,927 per annum
• Salary packaging
• Salary range is in accordance with Salaried Medical Practitioners Agreement 2019

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Specialist or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia in a relevant specialty

*Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee's responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted: * Conviction checks in the following areas:

• Crimes of violence
• sex related offences
• serious drug offences
• crimes involving dishonesty
• Identification check
• Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

Applicant Guide

How to Apply

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note that we do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For more information

Dr Nitin Yogesh
Staff Specialist
0413 508 240

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