Consultant / Clinical Academic - Nalhn Obstetrics &

**Job no**: 865647
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Medical
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospitals - Elizabeth Vale & Modbury**:

- **Total Indicative Remuneration**: $351,503 - $790,258 p.a. **(pro rata)** **- MD2 - Ongoing Part-Time - working 15 hours per week**

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

**Our Local Health Network Sites and Services**:
Lyell McEwin Hospital - The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital - A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Obstetric & Gynaecology Consultant looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture. You will be part of a growing Local Health Network (LHN) that provides an expanding suite of treatment modalities in contemporary, modern facilities.

**About the Role**:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Consultant / Clinical Academic within the Women & Children's Division.

As a Consultant / Clinical Academic in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, you will contribute to the delivery of high quality medical services to patients of the Women & Children’s Division.

In this role you will act as a clinical lead for academic work at the NALHN. This includes driving and participating in research, supporting others in research needs, acting as a mentor for registrar research projects, and encouraging and supporting audit and professional development.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

- overseeing medical student training at NALHN.
- providing appraisals of medical undergraduate and trainee medical officers assigned to the unit.
- participation in both academic and clinical work at NALHN.
- managing the care of all patients allocated to them in collaboration with the responsible Resident Medical Officers, Registrars, fellow Consultants, Midwives, Nurses and Allied Health professionals.
- care of patients in outpatient clinics and patients admitted to hospital.
- supervising and participating in operating lists.
- involvement in Continuous Quality Improvement activities and auditing.
- mentoring and being a resource for Midwives.
- providing teaching to trainees of all levels and disciplines.
- participating in all ongoing training and CPD requirements.
- participating in and encouraging clinical research.
- providing advice and guidance for RANZCOG research requirements.

In this role you will participate in a 24/7 on call consultant roster.

To be eligible for this position you must hold a Bachelor of