Palliative Care Consultant

Palliative Care Consultant

Casual vacancy - weekend cover plus on-call, as required
Cabrini Malvern

Cabrini offers- Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2,650 meal & entertainment card benefits- Rewarding career growth opportunities- Weekly on-call allowance- Attractive hourly rates + 11.5% Superannuation contribution- $3 per day car parking available at each of our hospital sites- Enjoyable workplace culture in a mission-based, values driven healthcare organisation- Close to public transport with Myki discount on offer

How you will make an impact

Cabrini Supportive and Palliative care is an RACP accredited training site for Palliative medicine inpatient, consult and cancer term. The medical team include three palliative medicine physicians/ specialists, a geriatrician with palliative medicine interest and two advanced trainees. The team works closely with the unit multidisciplinary members and referring physicians/specialists in catering for symptom management, coordination of care, complex discharge planning and end of life care management.

The Role
The Consultant in Palliative Medicine/ Palliative Medicine Physician leads and manages the delivery of evidenced based Palliative medicine to patients and families across Cabrini. The Palliative Care service operates in an integrated model across 4 service arms: consult; inpatient, ambulatory and community. The doctor will oversee the clinical service delivery to patients and families as directed by the Director of Palliative Medicine.

About you

Cabrini’s Palliative Care Consultants provide compassionate and competent care to all patients, working within the Mission and Values of Cabrini Health.

You will have the following:
- MBBS or equivalent and postgraduate qualifications in Palliative Medicine or related specialty- Unconditional registration as a medical practitioner with AHPRA- Strong background in Palliative Medicine- Experience in multidisciplinary care delivery- Experience in problem solving within a team setting- Ability to work an on call rotating roster, including weekends

Enquires to: Dr Merlina Sulistio MBBS BMedSc(Hons) FRACP FAChPM MSc

Palliative and Supportive Care on 0433 502 901

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.