Anaesthetics Consultant

**Enterprise Agreement / Classification**
- AMA Victoria-Victorian Public Health Sector Medical Specialists Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 - SPECIALIST YEAR 3 - HM35
- AMA Victoria-Victorian Public Health Sector Medical Specialists Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021 - SPECIALIST YEAR 9 - HM41

**Hours per Fortnight**

**Position Summary**

**Position Title**:
***Anaesthetics Consultant/s
- **Classification**:
***HM33 - HM41
- **Hours per fortnight**:
***76
- **Employment Status**:
***Permanent On-going
- **Other requirements**:
***COVID-19 Vaccination, Refer to Position Description
- Refer to accompanying Position Description for key responsibilities and duties.

**Join a large regional tertiary referral hospital**:

- Work with an expanding regional health service
- Work close to the CBD of Bendigo
- ANZCA accredited training site

**The Position**
- In this role, you will provide specialist anaesthetic services, including appropriate pre and post-operative care, within credentialed privileges to patients of Bendigo Health. As Consultant Anaesthetist you be required to provide professional leadership, training and supervision to doctors in training, other clinical staff and medical students.

**The Department**
The Bendigo Anaesthetic Department is accredited by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) as a training site for anaesthetic trainees for up to 12 months of training time who wish to become Fellows of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA).

**Bendigo Health**
- Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 4500 staff to deliver
- _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Our teams are friendly and we offer a supportive working environment for career progression. Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff.
- Flexibility Working Arrangements
- Salary Packagin
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing program
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment
- If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Division**
- The Clinical Operations Division encompasses acute, allied health, cancer and mental health services. We provide a wide range of general medical, surgical and specialty services including but not limited to; Oncology, Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Women’s and Children’s, Critical Care, Specialist Clinics, Cancer Clinics and Mental Health Services. Our Allied Health teams provide a diverse range of programs and person centred care in inpatient, outpatient, community, home and residential care settings.

**Bendigo Region**
- Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trials and wineries within our region.

**Diversity and Inclusion**
- Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Full unconditional registration with AHPRA as a Medical Practitioner / Specialist in Anaesthetics.
- Desirable : Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetics
- Desirable : Demonstrated clinical ability commensurate with that expected of a specialist anaesthetist
- Essential : Evidence of ongoing professional development to continually update personal medical knowledge and skills
- Essential : Demonstrated ability to structure and supervise a Registrar in Anaesthesia
- Essential : Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective service interactions required in the operation of a busy anaesthetic service
- Essential : Good understanding of the Victorian Public Health system; in particular the clinical and quality requirements for anaesthetic service delivery
- Essential : Demonstrably superior interpersonal and negotiation skills