Principal House Officer

Department of Cardiology are looking for a Principal House Officer to join their team. This position is to provide clinical care under supervision and acquire the skills, training and knowledge in the practice of adult cardiology.

We are Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together .

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About The Role

• Ensure patients and other staff are treated fairly and with mutual respect and understanding, regardless of cultural, religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.
• To provide ethical decision making in the achievement of organisational objectives

• Provide inpatient and outpatient care by

• Assessing adult cardiology patients, determining and instigating appropriate investigations

• Establish management plan for patients in consultation with the Consultant cardiologist
• Where appropriate, ensure discharge planning commences early in the process of care
• Communicate assessment findings, proposed management plans and alternatives to patient and carers and seek consent
• Ensure treatment orders are appropriately documented (including medications and general management plans).
• Gather input from appropriate multidisciplinary teams for patient's ongoing clinical care
• Continually monitor and review patient progress and adjust the management plan when necessary
• Identify clinical concerns and deterioration and escalate these issues in a timely fashion to the responsible Consultant
• Ensure timely communication with other health care providers and carers to ensure appropriate clinical handover during the hospital stay and on discharge to the community
• Participate in delivery of the cardiology outreach clinical service as required by the department

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of
Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence
, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: .

Occupational group
Health - Medical