Paediatric Intensive Medicine Consultant - North Sydney, Australia - Hunter New England

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Paediatric Intensive Medicine Consultant (PICU) – east coast location, NSW Australia

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Paediatric Intensive Medicine Consultant
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle NSW Australia
Fixed term temporary full time for two years 1.0 FTE 40 hours per week

Why Newcastle? – We have an idyllic lifestyle We are NSW second largest city in a prime coastal location, proud to boast about our stunning beaches, gorgeous coastline, NSW's largest Lake, National Parks, beautiful architecture and varied dining options. Just two hours' drive north of Sydney with great flight and train connections with other capital cities and international destinations. We enjoy a temperate climate, mild winters and warm summers, everything adds to the liveability of our Hunter Valley region which includes a world class university, superb sporting facilities, award winning attractions and restaurants along and numerous public, private and preschool options.

Many urban professionals call our area home as they seek a more relaxed lifestyle and to indulge passions for the great outdoors, while still maintaining a fulfilling progressive career. The area has everything you will ever want or need with no compromise.

See below for more details about our regions and Hunter New England Local Health District:

What we can offer you:
Hunter New England Local Health District is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Hunter, New England and Lower Mid North Coast.

Working with HNE Health gives you access to a vast range of benefits:

About our department and role:
You will provide expertise and leadership to further develop and sustain Paediatric Intensive Care Services at John Hunter and John Hunter Children's Hospital and the Northern Child Health Network.

The John Hunter Children's Hospital is one of the three tertiary Paediatric hospitals in NSW and the John Hunter Hospital is the primary tertiary referral centre for trauma in northern NSW.

Our current unit opened as a stand-alone PICU in 2017 and continues to grow in size and patient complexity.
Our PICU also provides advice and management for critically unwell children in Hunter New England and the Northern Child Health Network, covering an area north of Sydney all the way to the QLD border.

We also support the Hunter Retrieval service which provides paediatric retrieval services as well as provide advice to the Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS).

Our ideal candidate will have a strong passion to developing paediatric critical care services and they should have a demonstrated commitment to teamwork, teaching and quality improvement.

Some requirements of the role:

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 Australian Government 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 or international equivalent.

Agency applications are NOT accepted

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