Snswlhd - Specialist Anaesthetist - South East Regional Hospital - Apply Via Ecredential

**Employment Type**: Full Time / Part Time / Job Share

**Location**:South East Regional Hospital - Bega
**Position Classification**: Visiting Medical Officer
**Remuneration**: VMO Click here to view rates
**Hours Per Week**: up to 40hrs
**Requisition ID**: REQ506440
**Applications Close**: Monday 20th January, 2025**
**Come and be an anaesthetist here in Bega - it’s great**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and qualified Specialist Anaesthetist to join the medical team at South East Regional Hospital a Level 4 Health Facility in the Bega Valley, part of the Southern NSW - Coastal Network.

**Where you’ll be working**

Bega - 429 kilometres south of Sydney, 228 kilometres from Canberra or 174 kilometres from the NSW Snow fields. Nearby Merimbula (32 kilometres) offers a regional airport with a short 55 minute flight to Sydney and daily flights to Melbourne. With a range of quality private and public schools in the area, younger generations are also be well looked after, growing up with fantastic friendly country folk, and a huge range of outdoor activities to keep them occupied with no long commutes.

**_Progress your career and discover all that Bega has to offer_**

**Our Offer**:

- _Renumeration - _VMO _Click here to view rates
- _Flexible work arrangements_
- _Corporate Health and Fitness program_

**Your Opportunity**:

- Provide best practice evidence based clinical services to achieve quality patient outcomes. Undertake supervision and education within the clinical environment of junior medical staff and other relevant staff to foster safe clinical practice.
- Utilise information systems to enable informed decision making and care planning. Communicate with staff and clinicians to ensure quality and continuity of care. Actively participate in risk management and quality programs to improve organisational processes and own practices.
- Comply with relevant legislation and regulations, NSW Ministry of Health policies and SNSWLHD procedures to assist in meeting Activity Based Funding, Commonwealth and State targets.
- Comply with Local Health District and facility clinical governance policies and actively contribute to Clinical Governance activities.
- Attend, participate and support administrative meetings as required by the Department Head or Director of Medical Services.
- Participation in the on-call roster for the department by mutual agreement to be negotiated with the Department Head.

**_Click here for the _**_Position Description_**

**Selection Criteria**:

- Holds registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist in Anaesthetics, and/or overseas trained specialist pathways.
- Demonstrated significant experience relevant to Anaesthesia practice and evidence of competence in skills relevant to Australian rural hospital practice, including trauma obstetrics, paediatrics and emergency scenarios.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, research and quality improvement.
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and SNSWLHD Values, goals and strategies.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**

This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.

**Australian Work Rights**

At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ️ background, people with a disability and people from the **L**G**B**T**Q**I**+** community to apply.

**Need more information?**
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**Applications Close**:**Monday 20th January, 2025