Cardiothoracic Surgeon

**Description**

**Employment Type**:Full Time, Permanent
**Classification**: Staff Specialist 1-5 / Senior Specialist **or**Visiting Medical Officer (VMO)
**Salary**:$305,300 to $404,970 (pro rata for part time) - Excluding Attraction and Retention Incentive **or**as per the 2024 VMO Core Conditions
**Staff Specialist Salary Package Includes**:
**Locati**on**:Canberra Hospital, Garran
**Section**:Cardiothoracic Unit **-**Division of Surgery
**Closing Date**:**10th January, 2025**

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- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.

Flexible working conditions.

**As a Staff Specialist we can also offer you**:

- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Generous leave provisions, including up to 4 weeks training/education leave and up to 5 weeks annual leave per annum (Pro Rata Part Time)
- Medical Education expenses allowance reimbursement up to $21,037 (Pro Rata Part Time)

**About the Role**:
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Cardiothoracic Surgeon to join the unit with an opportunity to also take on the role of the Unit Director. The Unit Director will have a key role in leading the Cardiothoracic Surgery Service to achieve our strategic priorities and provide exceptional health care to our patients from the ACT and surrounding regions. Reporting to the Clinical Director of Surgery this role works collaboratively within the Division of Surgery leadership team and across CHS.

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit is staffed by a combination of Visiting Medical Officers (VMO) and Staff Specialists. This role is for a VMO or Staff Specialist in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit with the opportunity for additional responsibilities as the Unit Director. The tenure of the Unit Director role is 3 years, with the possibility of extension up to 5 years.

The Unit Director will provide high level of clinical leadership, ensure that allocated resources are managed to meet all service delivery targets and that service provision is high quality and safe. A key role will also be to ensure medical engagement with the service, and to efficiently manage medical staff recruitment, performance, roster and leave arrangements.

The appointee will be expected to represent the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit both internally and externally at a range of strategic and planning forums. During the tenure of this position numerous strategic projects will be delivered of which the Unit Director will have a pivotal role.

There is an expectation that the successful applicant will maintain accountability for their own practice standards and education. The position holder is expected to operate within the Public Sector Management Act (1994), the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct and the professional requirements specified by the appointee’s Specialist College. The Unit Director’s performance, accountability and responsibilities will be routinely assessed by the Clinical Director Division of Surgery through an Individual Strength Engagement and Development Plan (Learning and Development Plan).

The position holder is expected to operate within the Public Sector Management Act (1994), the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct and the professional requirements specified by the appointee’s Specialist College.

Strong research links are maintained with the ANU, University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University. All specialties are represented with the exception of organ transplantation. The hospital has well developed post graduate teaching programs. A fully equipped medical library is available on site with a large collection of hard copy and on line journals and textbooks.

**For more information regarding the position duties click here for the**Position Description.**
- Hold Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- Meet credentialing requirements and receive an Endorsed scope of clinical practice from the Medical Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC)
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

**To Apply**:
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.

**Our**Vision**: creating exceptional health care together
**Our** **Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
**Our**Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
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