Senior Staff Specialist / Staff Specialist / Senior Medical Officer - Palliative Care

Queensland Health (Organisation site)

Caboolture Hospital

Provide specialist palliative medical services to patients requiring palliative care across Metro North Health (MNH) including inpatients and outpatients at Caboolture Hospital.

Job details

| Job duration | | | Contact person | Emma Donaldson | | Contact details | 07 5433 88749 Access the National Relay Service |

About the role

• Liaise with inpatient clinical teams and hospital palliative care services to optimise care transitions and home-based care.
• Provide undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research, quality assurance audits and continuing education as integral to the position.
• To liaise with palliative care multidisciplinary colleagues across MNH, to streamline the patient's journey and ensuring care is delivered within their chosen location whenever possible

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Provide clinical Palliative Medicine/Palliative Care to hospital inpatients and outpatients.
• Optimise clinical handover and documentation.
• Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and case conferences, providing expert advice related to the management of and support to patients requiring palliative care.
• Liaise with all disciplines of staff involved in the patient's care and clinical management to optimise timely therapeutic interventions, discharge planning and end of life support.
• Provide clinical supervision to allocated advanced trainees, basic trainees or prevocational junior doctors.

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED