Neonatal Paediatrician

**Employment Status**

Permanent Part Time

**Program**

Women's & Children's

**Location**

University Hospital Geelong

**Hours Per Fortnight**

70

**Position Summary**
- Exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled, professional, friendly and dedicated team who take pride in providing high quality service
- Grow and develop your capabilities with Barwon Health’s commitment to professional development
- Permanent Part Time - 14 hours per fortnight. Recruiting now for contract start date of Jan 1, 2024

**About the facility**

Barwon Health is the major regional health provider for the Barwon South West region. It is Victoria’s largest regional health service with one of the busiest hospitals in the state, University Hospital. We serve over 500,000 people through the efforts of over 6,500 staff and more than 1000 volunteers. We provide care at all stages or life and circumstance through a wide range of services from emergency and acute to mental health, primary care, community services, aged care, and subacute/rehabilitation. Care is provided to the community through over 21 key locations throughout the region.

**About the Role**

Barwon Health is advertising for an exciting opportunity for dual trained neonatologists-general paediatricians, neonatologists and general paediatricians with a special interest in neonates, to join our team from February 2024.

These positions will make up a total of 13 neonatal paediatricians providing service to a unique combined neonatal service, covering both one of only two Level 5 neonatal units in Victoria (UHG) as well as the Special Care Nursery of St John of God Geelong Hospital.

The Neonatal Paediatric Unit at Barwon Health will operate closely with the General Paediatric Unit to provide an encompassing paediatric service to the Geelong and Bellarine communities. There will be a particular emphasis on all medical staff playing an active role in quality and safety improvement initiatives. The unit has immediate access to world standard research through the Deakin University Child Health Research Unit that is heavily embedded in the clinical space.

And after handover there’s ready access to all the surf
- and turf-based recreation the Bellarine and Surf Coast has to offer.

**About the culture**

You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly skilled, professional, friendly and dedicated team who take pride in providing high quality service. Barwon Health provides a supportive environment that encourages professional growth and education in our specialist areas.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djillong, Geelong is thought to mean ‘land’ or ‘cliffs’.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries

To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy._**

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: FRACP (Paediatrics)
Desirable: Neonatal dual trained
Essential: Particular experience in neonatal medicine beyond core requirements for FRACP
Essential: Demonstrated capacity to provide consultant lead at Level 5 Neonatal Capability (Victoria) standard, including procedures anticipated at this level
Essential: Commitment to maintenance of neonatal skills, supported by Barwon Health
Desirable: Experience in general paediatric medicine beyond neonatal experience
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in