Paediatrician

**Job no**: 905255
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Hills
**Categories**: Medical
- **Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital**:

- **Salary**:MD2 $501,004 - $652,823 (pro rata)**:

- **Permanent Part time position working 11.25 hours per week over a 7 day roster**:

- **Eligibility Open to Everyone**
- Note: Total Indicative Remuneration (TIRP) includes award salary, managerial allowance, remote call allowance, professional development, A&R Allowance & Super if applicable)._
- Join SA Health and Make a Difference in Paediatric Care_

SA Health is seeking an exceptional Paediatrician to join our dedicated team at the Mt Barker Hospital within the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network. This is a part-time, ongoing position based in the picturesque Adelaide Hills region.

As a Paediatrician at SA Health, you will play a crucial role in delivering exceptional, safe, and personalised care to our youngest patients. This key position is responsible for servicing a sustainable governed Paediatric Model across the Mt Barker site, driving growth, self-sufficiency, and training agendas in line with the Board's strategic intent and BHFLHN values.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide clinical leadership, promoting high standards of care and ensuring the delivery of integrated, evidence-based paediatric services at Mt Barker.
- Collaborate with the Paediatric Head of Unit to oversee quality improvement initiatives, manage clinical services, and participate in teaching and research activities.
- Ensure adherence to SA Health guidelines, maintain high standards of clinical practice, and contribute to policy development in areas such as child protection, medication management, infection control, and risk mitigation.
- Provide paediatric care consistent with the Clinical Services Capability Framework, ensuring appropriate documentation, clinical handover, and management of complex cases.
- Contribute across multiple areas of Paediatrics, including inpatient care, neonatal care (for infants greater than 34 weeks), and community-based multidisciplinary assessments.
- Foster interdisciplinary collaboration by working closely with senior clinical staff, healthcare providers, stakeholders, and the community to achieve key organisational performance measures.
- Participate in the development of interdisciplinary models of care, aligning with best practices and emerging evidence to improve patient outcomes.
- Promote a learning environment by supporting teaching, training, and research activities, encouraging a culture of continuous learning within the team.
- Participate in the Paediatric roster, including on-call duties, to ensure the availability of paediatric services at all times.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) or equivalent.
- Appropriate Specialist Qualifications FRACP or equivalent and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist Paediatric registration.
- Demonstrated clinical expertise and experience in Paediatrics.

**Benefits of Joining us**

At BHFLHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:

- Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing and employer superannuation contributions.
- Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
- Flexible Work Arrangements: The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
- Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
- Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.

Join BHFLHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.

Find out more about working in Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

**Applicant Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A