Visiting Specialist - Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery

Ear, Nose and Throat Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital are looking for a Visiting Specialist - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery to join their team. This role provides specialist Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery clinical care to patients and assumes overall responsibility for patient care, this is a shared appointment between Princess Alexandra Hospital and Logan 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

• This role reports to Chair, Ear, Nose and Throat Unit.
• This position fulfils accountabilities and responsibilities in accordance with Metro South's purpose and objectives.
• Foster a culture of interprofessional collaboration and leadership through understanding the role and the roles of others in the interprofessional team leveraging this knowledge to establish and meet client goals and inform service direction.
• Provision of services to patients in accordance with the standards of the discipline and the ethics of the profession, and that are consistent with the Clinical Services Capability Framework of the relevant facilities within the Health Service

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.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against COVID-19 Health Employment Directive No. 12/21 (PDF) ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/1108453/hed-1221.pdf )  and Queensland Health Human Resources Policy B70 (PDF) ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/1108446/qh-pol-486.pdf ).

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.

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.