Staff Specialist

Department of Health
Hospitals & Primary Care - Hospitals Sth
Hospitals Sth - Medical & Cancer Servs

Applications must be submitted by Sunday 13 October, 2024 11:55 PM

**Position details**:
**Applications close**:

- Sunday 13 October, 2024 11:55 PM AEST**Award/Classification**:

- Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022, Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1-11**Employment type**:

- Full Time**Region**:

- South**Location**:

- Royal Hobart Hospital**Job description**:

- The Royal Hobart Hospital and Department of Gastroenterology is seeking interest from suitably qualified applicants for a Staff Specialist - Gastroenterology vacancy.The Royal Hobart Hospital and Department of Gastroenterology is seeking interest from suitably qualified applicants for a Staff Specialist - Gastroenterology vacancy.

This position will be attractive to a highly skilled and motivated medical professional who views challenges as opportunities and is driven by a passion to improve healthcare in the complex world of modern health systems. The right applicants will play a key role in developing health care at both patient and system levels.

**Who are we?**

Royal Hobart Hospital is Tasmania’s largest hospital and major referral centre. As the major clinical teaching and research centre, RHH collaborates with the University of Tasmania and other institutions. All our services work closely together to focus on delivering excellence in healthcare to achieve improved outcomes for our consumers, our workforce, and the Tasmanian community.

The gastroenterology unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital is the largest in the state with a current complement of 9 consultants, 2 registrars and 2 junior medical officers. The successful appointment to this position will increase consultant full-time equivalents to 7.5. The unit provides the usual inpatient management of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary services to GE unit in-patients with consultation services to all other units in the hospital, outpatient services across general gastroenterology, IBD and hepatology are also routinely provided as are all the usual gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures including ERCP and EUS. On call frequency will be 1:8.

You will be encouraged to be your authentic self, to share your wisdom with our emerging generation of medical doctors, and in doing so, find your purpose.

**The Role**
- Provide a consultant role in Gastroenterology.
- Provide inpatient and outpatient care to public and private patients of the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) in Gastroenterology.
- Be involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and to be actively involved in research.
- Undertake quality improvement activities.

**A few of our benefits**:

- Extensive salary packaging options with **excellent leave benefits** (including professional development leave).
- **Mentoring** and support with an **inclusive** and **well-respected team.**:

- Diverse **specialist career pathways **and professional development.
- **Collaborative relationships** with a range of professionals across **multiple disciplines.**:

- **Generous relocation support packages **plus accommodation support for when you arrive.
- **Employer visa sponsorship **and **support for families** for overseas applicants.

**Hobart, Tasmania**

Hobart has become a cultural centre, with year-round art and music events and restaurants serving gourmet local produce. Excellent educational opportunities and easy access to outdoor pursuits make this the perfect place to raise a family. Enjoy a more tranquil, community-orientated lifestyle while remaining only a short flight from the busy mainland.

Experience beautiful beaches and pristine alpine regions where you can enjoy a vast variety of sports and outdoor activities to suit everyone on the doorstep of a bustling capital city while enjoying the advantages of a short commute and excellent work-life balance.

In Tasmania you will be encouraged to be yourself, to learn, to grow and to develop meaning in your work. You will have a powerful connection to your patients and your colleagues, and the community will encourage your success. Our isolation helps drive a culture of creation and human connection, which feels both old fashioned andlike the only future worth pursuing.

Make It Tasmania | Move for a great lifestyle

**Salary**
- Medical Practitioners (Public Sector) Award_

A remuneration package comprising the Agreement base salary, relevant allowances and other entitlements will be negotiated with the successful applicant dependent on clinical experience and seniority.

Base salary points range* for Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1 at $216,300 through to Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 11 at $296,640 with further salary increments available.
- _Salary range effective 1 January 2025 as per the Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022_

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

- Continuing Profession