Consultant RHeumatology

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 864636

**Location**: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE

**Job status**: Ongoing

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospitals - Elizabeth Vale & Modbury**:

- **Total Indicative Remuneration**: $351,503 - $790,258 p.a. **(pro rata)** **- MD2**:

- **Ongoing Part-Time - working 7.5 hours per week**

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

**Our Local Health Network Sites and Services**:
Lyell McEwin Hospital - The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital - A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Consultant Rheumatology looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

You will be part of a growing Local Health Network (LHN) that provides an expanding suite of treatment modalities in contemporary, modern facilities.

**About the Role**:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Consultant Rheumatology within the Division of Medicine.

As a Consultant you will be responsible for the provision of an effective General Medicine Service within the objectives and the philosophies of the Hospital.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

- provision of medical care to public inpatients and outpatients.
- provision of training and supervision to undergraduate and post graduate medical trainees.
- encouraging and supporting teamwork amongst staff for optimal clinical service outcomes.
- participation in quality, safety, and clinical risk management activities.
- involvement in continuing professional development activities.
- participation in after hours remote call roster will be required.

To be eligible for this position, you must hold a Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent. Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration; or another qualification as defined in the SA Medical Officers Award.

The Total Indicative Remuneration figure is calculated taking into account base salary, leave loading and superannuation as well as managerial allowances, professional development or any other allowances where appropriate.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact