Visiting Medical Officer

**Position Title**: Visiting Medical Officer - Anaesthetists (Zero Hours)

**Employment Type**:
**Quinquennium** Contract until 30th June 2027

**Hours per week**:Zero Hours

**Position Grade**:Visiting Medical Officer

**Salary**:As per the award

**Enterprise Agreement**:Visiting Medical Officer (VMO), The Public Hospitals (Visiting Medical Officers Sessional Contracts) Determination

**Department Name**:Anaesthetics

**About us**:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

**Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include**:

- Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
- Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life balance

**About the role**:
St. Vincent’s Hospital is part of St Vincent’s Health Australia and is a major public teaching hospital, trauma centre and a tertiary referral hospital for many clinical areas. St Vincent’s Hospital is unique in being the NSW heart and lung transplant centre and consequently providing care for complex patients pre, during and post transplantation. Most major surgical specialties are represented with the exceptions of obstetrics and paediatrics. St Vincent’s coordinates cancer services including state-wide referrals for head and neck cancers and advanced haematological services for bone marrow transplant patients through the adjacent Kinghorn Cancer Centre.

The Department of Anaesthetics seeks applicants for (zero-hours) VMO specialists in anaesthesia to participate in rostered sessions within the operating theatres, the perioperative assessment clinic, and interventional procedural areas including endoscopy and radiology as required by the Department. We seek specialist anaesthetists with excellent clinical expertise and nontechnical skills who offer wider benefit to the organization through participation in teaching, research, clinical governance, and quality improvement initiatives. It is expected that the successful applicant will have the attributes to be an excellent & effective leader of the multidisciplinary team.

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**About you**:
**Application Instructions**:
**Selection Criteria**:

- Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Fellowship of the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and participation in ANZCA CPD program with commitment to evidence-based practice.
- Experience in the practice of anaesthesia, perioperative medicine and acute pain management for high acuity patients having surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures (endoscopy).
- Commitment to regular sessions providing anaesthesia for patients in the Endoscopy Suite plus ad-hoc operating theatre sessions
- Demonstrated strong commitment to supervision and teaching at specialty registrar, junior medical officer and undergraduate levels.
- Comprehensive understanding of ANZCA training requirements with demonstrated commitment to ongoing trainee assessments and preparation for ANZCA primary and final examinations.
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement and quality assurance activities.
- Participation in after-hours services for the Department of Anaesthetics.
- Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.

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