Medical Consultant

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 875553
**Location**: 5031 - MILE END
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, 3D Health (Disability Services) Allied Health, Complex and Sub-Acute Care - Mile End 5031**:

- **Total Indicative Remuneration is inclusive of Award Salary, Superannuation, any relevant allowance and any other monetary benefits**:

- **Employment Part time (0.5 FTE) - 3 Month Contract until 20 December 2024**

**About the Opportunity**

Exciting opportunities exist within **3D (Disability Services) Team** in the Access Assistant Program to join us as a **Medical Consultant - **Part time** (0.5 FTE) until **20 December 2024**.

In this role, you will:

- Provide high quality community based services to children and young people in educational settings, and for ensuring that clients’ functional levels are maintained in a community setting using evidence based best practice.
- Facilitate a seamless transition from the hospital to the community and assist the child or young person’s education provider in meeting the child's needs through the Access Assistant Program.
- Provide consultancy, information and relevant training, and liaise with other service providers working with children and young people with disability/complex health needs, and their families.
- Support education and research within Disability Services and encourage and support team work amongst staff for optimal clinical service outcomes.

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

**About You**

You should have Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent with Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency,ie; FRACGP, FRACP, FAChPM, RACP, or another specialist qualification as defined in the SA Medical Officers Award.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Knowledge of contemporary practice and research in relation to Disability
- Clinical experience in child, adolescent or community health medical management
- Clinical experience in holistic disability management
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to work with individuals and families for positive health outcomes and to foster productive working relationships both internally and externally.

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

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

**About Us**

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network’s **3D Health** offers support to young people living with disability or complex health needs. Support is also provided to parents and carers, and community services. 3D Health includes:

- Access Assistant Program
- Encompass
- Health Education Interface
- Home Equipment Centre
- Home Oxygen Service
- MyTime

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred 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.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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**Special Conditions**

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