Consultant - Plastic Surgery

**SA Health**

**Job reference**: 822249

**Location**: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE

**Job status**: Ongoing

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

- **Total Indicative Remuneration: $340,427 - $765,470 p.a. (pro rata) - MD2 - Ongoing Part-Time, working 18.75 hours per week**

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 6,000 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.

The NALHN Division of Surgical Specialties & Anaesthetics provides services to Lyell McEwin Hospital (tertiary site with links to the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia & Flinders university) and Modbury Hospital (teaching site).

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.

NALHN currently has a limited plastic surgical service. There is a vision to expand this into a full department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with this position being the first step in that direction.

The Consultant - Plastic Surgery will be responsible for the provision of an effective Plastic Surgery Service within the objectives and the philosophies of the Hospital. In this role you will be responsible for managing the care of patients in collaboration with the responsible Medical Officers, Registrars, fellow Consultants, Nurses and Allied Health professionals. You will undertake clinical research expertise and a demonstrated commitment to ongoing research is essential.

As a Consultant you must undertake involvement in Continuous Quality Improvement activities, education activities, Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management activities, including regular Surgical Audit.

In this role you will work across both NALHN sites with varying levels of acuity.

The Consultant - Plastic Surgery will have a FRACS or equivalent and must have significant experience, and have undertaken subspecialist training, in the field of plastic surgery.

To be eligible for this position you are required to 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.

Vaccine and screening requirements are set out in Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy directive (see Mandatory Instruction 1 in the policy). In addition to the mandatory vaccination requirements for all SA Health roles under this Policy SA Health workers must also comply with any vaccination requirements imposed under legislation (including any directions under the _Emergency Management Act 2004 _or the _South Australian Public Health Act 2011_) and any mandatory vaccination requirements under the terms and conditions of employment of employees.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.** Job Ref: 822249**

822249 - Consultant - Plastic Surgery - MD2 - Job Pack.pdf

**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.