Consultant - Intensive Care Unit - Nalhn - Elizabeth Vale, Australia - SA Government -SA HEALTH

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SA Health

Job reference: 820786


Location:

ELIZABETH VALE

Job status:
Long Term Contract


Eligibility:
Open to Everyone

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Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
  • Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale:



  • Salary: $389,249

  • $692,461 p.a.
  • MD
  • Full Time Temporary, up until 31 Jan 2024


The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care to more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide as well as providing a number of state-wide services, and services to those in regional areas.

NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With our brand new Mental Health Short Stay Unit and the planned refurbishment and development of our Mental Health Inpatient Units across NALHN sites, state of the art facilities and technology are at the forefront of our future.

The network boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future.

Our 400-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering exceptional care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.


With a workforce of almost 6,000 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

An exciting opportunity exists to join NALHN as a Consultant - Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

In this role, you will be accountable to the Medical Head of ICU, NALHN, for the provision of quality cost effective clinical services in the ICU of Lyell McEwin Hospital including:

  • Providing comprehensive clinical care to the patients of the Critical Care Division, and ensuring that junior medical staff involved in patient care are properly supervised. The staff specialist will ensure that all patients undergo a thorough admission and assessment process, sufficient to guide management, investigation and ongoing treatment of the patient.
  • Providing consultancy services to staff and patients in other areas within the health unit
  • Assisting with the transfer of patients to tertiary institutions (when required)
  • Involvement in quality activities
  • Promotion of and participation in patient safety initiatives
  • Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff in the ICU / MMET
  • Participation in an after hours and / or oncall roster
  • You must hold a Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent. Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration; or another qualification as defined in the SA Medical Officers Award.
  • The Total Indicative Remuneration figure is calculated taking into account base salary, leave loading and superannuation as well as managerial allowances, professional development or any other allowances where appropriate.


Vaccine and screening requirements are set out in Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy directive (see Mandatory Instruction 1 in the policy).

In addition to the mandatory vaccination requirements for all SA Health roles under this Policy SA Health workers must also comply with any vaccination requirements imposed under legislation (including any directions under the
_Emergency Management Act 2004 _or the
_South Australian Public Health Act 2011_) and any mandatory vaccination requirements under the terms and conditions of employment of employees.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply


Job Ref:

820786
Consultant - Intensive Care Unit - NALHN
  • MD
- Job


Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
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