• Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
• Classification: Specialist 1-5/Senior Specialist
• Salary: $188,151 - $254,198 (Plus 11.5% Super)
• Location: The Canberra Hospital
• Section: Cardiothoracic Surgery

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
• Flexible working conditions
• 5% Superannuation
• VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates
• Up to $55,000 allowance reimbursement of relocation expenses for permanent and long-term appointments (subject to review and approval)

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au).

About the Role:

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website: CHS website

Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available at ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS.

The Division of Surgery is responsible for delivering inpatient and outpatient surgical services to the ACT and surrounding region. The Division includes Surgical Bookings and Pre-Admission Clinic, Anaesthesia, Pain Management Unit, Operating Theatres, Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit, Day Surgery Unit and Admissions / Extended Day Surgery Unit, specialist surgical ward areas, medical and nursing outpatient services, ACT Trauma Service, Intensive Care Unit, Capital Region Retrieval Service and the Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Unit. These Units are supported by administration support officers.

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Service is comprised of a dedicated team of surgeons, anaesthetists, allied health professionals, nursing staff, and administrative staff. Surgeons working in this service perform both cardiac and thoracic surgery. This team works in close collaboration with cardiologists, cardiac rehabilitation teams and medical oncologists. The team provide high quality care to patients across all phases of the patient journey from outpatient appointments, surgery, the post-operative inpatient recovery phase, and the post-operative rehabilitation phase. The Cardiothoracic Surgery Service is supported by unaccredited registrars and junior medical officers.

CHS Cardiothoracic Surgery Department contributes to the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic Surgeons' Cardiac Surgery Database Program.

Duties:

Under limited direction of the Unit Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Clinical Director of Surgery you will:

• Provide specialist cardiothoracic surgical services to inpatients and outpatients working collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality and safe person-centred care.
• Coordinate and contribute to the daytime and on call/after-hours roster, in conjunction with other specialists, at a frequency required to cover the roster throughout the year. This includes the daytime and on call/after-hours roster.
• Coordinate and contribute to multidisciplinary education and training and actively participate in the training of junior medical staff including interns, resident medical officers, and registrars within the Division.
• 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 relevant committees and meetings including regular audit meetings.
• Develop, implement, review, and update new best practice service models in alignment with CHS strategic priorities.
• Strive for continuous professional development and undertake research relevant to the science and/or clinical practice of the specialty.
• Utilise digital health and health information systems to enable the provision of safe and timely access to service
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

For more information about this role and how to apply, please click here to see the Position Description.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system. Applications must include a copy of a current resumé, and a pitch of no more than two pages outlining your skills, knowledge and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria under "what you require" in the Position Description when drafting your response.
Successful applicant may be selected based on written application and referee report only.

If you have any questions, please contact Shannon Dougan, Operations Manager - Division of Surgery

Phone: 02 5124 6998.