Visiting Medical Officer - Plastics Surgeon

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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital. 

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Flexible working conditions. 

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Provide specialist general plastic surgery, general head and neck plastic surgery and paediatric plastics surgery services to inpatients and outpatients at Canberra Hospital through managing the diagnosis, treatment, and care plan in alignment with best practice evidence-based care. 

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Contribute to the on call/afterhours roster, in conjunction with other specialists, at a frequency required to cover the roster throughout the year.

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Actively engage in clinical governance to ensure services are high quality and safe, adhere to the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and participate in/represent the Plastic Surgery service on relevant committees and working groups as required.

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Contribute to and participate in unit management, clinical audit procedures, research, quality improvement activities, policy and procedure development, utilisation reviews and educational activities in the Plastic Surgery Department.

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Utilise digital health and health information systems to enable the provision of safe and timely access to care including ensuring high standards of medical record keeping.

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Contribute to the education and training of the multidisciplinary clinical team and actively participate in the supervision and training of medical staff including interns, resident Medical Officers, registrars and fellows.

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Develop and maintain productive relationships with other centres, providers, and professionals internal and external to the department and provide high standards of professional advice/opinions in relation to the service.

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Undertaking other duties as directed, within the approved scope of clinical practice ensuring the delivery of high quality person and family centred, safe and high quality patient care