Specialist, Pain Medicine

**Employment Type**:

- Permanent Part Time

**Hours per fortnight** - 19

**Job Category**:

- Medical - Specialist

**Req Id -** 3025
- Opportunity to develop specialist skills in a supported work environment
- Enjoy a role where you are an active part of an innovative health care team
- Enhance your career with the largest regional healthcare service in Victoria

**About Barwon Health**
- Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.

**About the facility**
- Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong’s CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.
- The multi-disciplinary Pain Management Unit fosters collaborative relationships exist with Acute Pain Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine and Psychiatry. The Department has a strong commitment to excellence in education with significant interest in development and refinement of processes of care. Research activities will be encouraged.

**About the Role**
- A vacancy is available for a Part time Pain Specialist who is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine ANZCA at the Pain Management Unit. We are looking for a positive, enthusiastic, team-orientated clinician to join this multidisciplinary department.

**About the culture**
- Barwon Health is a values driven organisation and you will thrive working in a culture that values respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation. The Community Health workforce is highly engaged and strongly committed to working with the community to achieve healthier lives. You will work with a highly engaged senior leadership team to ensure delivery of efficient, integrated care, education and research to advance health and wellbeing for all.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction.
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
- Wide-range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career.
- Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2650.

**About Geelong** - Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djilang, Geelong is thought to mean ‘Tongue of Land’.
- Geelong offers a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes
- Geelong is home to world class schools and education providers
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- Appreciate our vast and abundant parklands, sports and entertainment attractions, and thriving dining and shopping complexes.
- To learn more about the region, click here.

**Diversity and Inclusion**
- We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents of our team members, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected.
- Our commitment to diversity strengthens our ability to provide compassionate and equitable care to all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, abilities and identities.
- We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards.

**Contact person**:Louise Brennan

**Phone**:(03) 4215 3084

**Application closing date**:8 January, 2025

**Position Description