Tqeh Geriatric Medicine

**SA Health**

**Job reference**: 797673

**Location**: 5011 - WOODVILLE

**Job status**: Long Term Contract

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Central Adelaide Local Health Network**:

- **The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville**:

- **Salary MDP-2 $86,635/$140,058 p.a.**:

- **Full-time temporary position from 6/2/23, term up to 24 months.**

An exciting opportunity is presented for an individual with a genuine interest in Geriatric Medicine who wants to undertake training in this specialty. This advance training position is based at one of South Australia's leading acute referral, teaching, and research centres, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital with a research precinct, the Basil Hetzel Institute. The Aged & Extended Care Services is a Professorial geriatric medicine service, is linked to the University of Adelaide and leads the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing, a global collaboration.

Accredited for two core years of advance training in geriatric medicine, rotations could include experience in Acute Aged Care, Inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management, Orthogeriatric Medicine, Acute Medical Unit Liaison Service, Hospital Consultation Service, Rural Geriatric Evaluation and Management (Port Lincoln and Whyalla), Inpatient Psychogeriatric Medicine, Outpatients (including falls, movement disorder and cognitive clinics), community outreach services and Transition Care Program.

A multi-faceted role where you will gain a diverse range of experience, you will be responsible for managing the care of all patients allocated to current department in consultation with the responsible Registrars, Consultants, Nurses and Allied Health professionals. Able to function effectively within a fast paced environment, you will maintain a high standard of patient care for inpatients and outpatients, and provide an effective and accurate clinical handover of patient care at the change of daily shifts and at the change of a clinical attachment. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to actively contribute to continuous quality improvement and education activities, participating in the department's CME, research and teaching program.

A team player who can operate effectively as part of a team or individually, you will demonstrate competency in a range of routine and common procedural ward-based skills. You will possess high level skills in negotiation and communication, exhibiting the ability to display genuine empathy for patients and their relatives and family. Able to work under pressure without compromising patient care, you will have proven skills in problem solving and decision making at both the clinical and the individual level.

**Benefits of Working at CALHN**
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, and a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Central Adelaide Local Health Network.
- Salary packaging: Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
- Diversity and inclusion: CALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
- Flexible working arrangements: Voluntary flexible working provisions have been introduced to enable CALHN employees to better balance work, personal life and family commitments.
- Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.

**About CALHN**

We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

Each day presents our nearly 15,000 employees with an opportunity to perform at their best, not because they are expected to, but because they want to as they work together to achieve our strategic ambitions. Together we’re committed to delivering the very best in care for the community in line with our organisation’s values.

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan area.

Our Statewide clinical services include BreastScreen SA, SA Pathology, SA Medical Imaging and SA Pharmacy. Community health services include SA Dental (including School Dental Services), SA Prison Health and Donate Life SA.

**Application Information**:
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