Obstetrics and Gynaecology Career Medical Officer

**Description**

**Employment Type**:

- Full Time, Permanent
- Temporary 6 - 12 months with possibility of extension and or permanency

**Classifications**:

- **Staff Specialist 1-5 / Senior Specialist**
- **Senior Career Medical Officer**
- **Career Medical Officer**

**Salary Package Range**:

- **Specialist**:

- **Senior Career Medical Officer**

$225,594 to $242,117 base salary + 11.5% superannuation + applicable allowances
- **Career Medical Officer**

$140,609 to $209,516 base salary + 11.5% superannuation + applicable allowances

**Location**:The Canberra Hospital

**Section**:Women's Youth and Children

**Closing Date**:10**th** November 2024**

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**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions- Flexible working conditions- **Specialists also attract**
- Attraction and Retention Incentive: $30,000 pa (pro rata for part time), reviewed annually
- Medical Education Expenses allowance reimbursement up to $21,037
- Generous leave provisions, including up to 4 weeks training/education leave and up to 5 weeks annual leave per annum

**About the Role**:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare services to our community. We are seeking highly skilled Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (O&G) clinicians to join our dynamic team and contribute to our commitment of delivering high-quality care to women and babies.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Canberra Hospital provides tertiary level obstetrics and gynaecological services to the ACT and surrounding regions. The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children has more than 3700 births per year and is a level 6 referral centre for high risk pregnancies for the region. The department is accredited by RANZCOG for the FRANZCOG Training Program and subspecialty training in Maternal Fetal Medicine. Gynaecological services include the early pregnancy unit, specialised clinics including Urogynaecology, Complex Pelvic Pain Clinics, Outpatient Hysteroscopy, Colposcopy, and visiting Paediatric Adolescent Gynaecology and Gynaecology Oncology services in addition to acute gynaecology and theatre lists.

At CHS, you’ll experience a diverse range of presentations, excellent learning opportunities, and the chance to work with passionate, like-minded professionals.

If you are a dedicated O&G clinician looking to make a positive impact in the lives of women and their families, we encourage you to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

The successful applicant must have RANZCOG Fellowship. They must possess excellent communication skills, an ability to collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, and a drive for teaching and Quality Improvement.

Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available via Enterprise Agreements.

Strong research links are maintained with the ANU, University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University. All specialties are represented with the exception of organ transplantation. The hospital has well developed post graduate teaching programs. A fully equipped medical library is available on site with a large collection of hard copy and on line journals and textbooks.

To provide further context as to what this position may look like, please view the Position Descriptions below:

- **Staff Specialist/Senior Staff Specialist**
- **Senior Career Medical Officer**
- **Career Medical Officer***

We encourage you to contact the person listed at the bottom of this advertisement if you have any questions. You may also wish to view the Enterprise Agreement.

To learn more about the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is rated as the happiest city, click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au) and Senior Medical Officer careers
- 1.Meet credentialing requirements and receive an Endorsed scope of clinical practice from the Medical Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC)
- 2.Hold Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- 3.Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check and meet Pre-Screening Requirements of the Occupational Medical Unit

**To Apply**:

- **Staff Specialist/Senior Staff Specialist**
- **Senior Career Medical Officer**
- **Career Medical Officer**

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Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

**Our **Vision**:creating exceptional health care together
**Our **Role**: to be a health se