Orthopaedic Spinal Vms

**Job no**: 828724
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Medical
- **Women’s and Children’s Health Network - Surgical Services**:

- **Visiting Medical Officer - Spinal Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - **North Adelaide**:

- **Part Time - Short Term - From 1 July 2023 until 30 Jun 2024 - MOV3B**
- On top of this, as an employee of Women’s and Children’s Health Network, you will have access to Salary Sacrifice benefits with _MAXXIA_ which allows for generous salary sacrifice arrangements each FBT year as a special benefit for employees of the local Health Networks. A Meal Entertainment allowance per FBT year can also be salary sacrificed out of your pre-tax income to cover costs over and above the Everyday living expenses benefit._

**Overview**

The Women's and Children's Hospital provides state of the art health care for women and children in Adelaide and South Australia. We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions and SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service. We also provides important community-based services.

Each year, more than 30,000 people are admitted and about 5000 babies are born at the hospital. In addition more than 250,000 people come to the hospital as outpatients.

The hospital has 295 beds. The hospital’s paediatric and adolescent wards cater for all paediatric specialties. Women’s wards provide antenatal, gynaecology, neonatal and postnatal care.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

**The Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Surgical Services team as a **Visiting Medical Officer **in **Spinal Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery **on a **part time temporary** contract until 30th June 2024.**

As the **Visiting Medical Specialist** you will provide medical care to public and private inpatients and outpatients, develop education and research portfolios and encourage and support teamwork amongst staff for optimal clinical service outcomes for Spinal Paediatric Orthopaedic conditions.

**About You**

To be eligible for this role you are required to have Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent and appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration (where appropriate); or another qualification as defined in the S Health Visiting Medical Specialists Enterprise Agreement 2017 (or its successor).

You should have Clinical experience as Fellow and/or Consultant or Visiting Medical Specialist in Spinal Paediatric Surgery and an extensive clinical experience as a Medical Officer within a large public hospital.

To find out the specifics, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please go to the attached role description.

**Benefits of Joining us**

Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through _salary sacrifice_ arrangements.

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position

**Immunisation Risk for this position is** - **Category A** (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**:828724**

**Enquiries**

Name: Paula Bertram

Phone: 8161 8389
Position: Acting Manager, Administrative Services

**Application Closing Date** **- Wednesday, 10/05/2023 - 11.55PM**

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**Advertised**: 26 Apr 2023 Cen. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 10 May 2023 Cen. Australia Standard Time