Medical Specialist

Medical Specialist- Obstetrician & GynaecologistBallaratFixed term full time with a view to extend to permanent full time – 38 hours per week

About the role

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Grampians Health Services provides inpatient and outpatient services for the women of Ballarat, Horsham and surrounding regions. Clinics offered in this service include antenatal care, gestational diabetes, high risk pregnancy care, surgical gynaecology, colposcopy, and family planning.

The service at Ballarat births approximately 1500 women annually and is a level 5 maternity service with a special care nursery capability caring for babies from 32 weeks' gestation. Approximately 300 gynaecological operations are performed per year.

Grampians Health (GH) is the largest regional health service in Victoria with a catchment of 250,000 people.

The mission of GH is to deliver fully integrated regional health services which maximise care, compassion, individual choice and quality outcomes.

VMO Obstetrics and Gynaecology works closely with other members of the obstetric and gynaecology team including midwifery, nursing, allied health and other obstetric and gynaecology consultants as well as junior medical staff in the provision of high standard obstetrics and gynaecology management to patients in the region.

Clinical Duties

• Operating session as per agreed weekly timetable to cover obstetrics and gynaecology patients on the waiting list.  This includes LUSCS lists (including complex caesareans).

• Obstetrics: Participate in birth suite consultant cover, maternity antenatal clinic and the obstetric on call roster as rostered.

• Supervise and teach junior medical staff in obstetrics.

• Work collaboratively within the team including with midwives, general practitioners, paediatricians, anaesthetists, social workers, and any staff involved in patient care.

• Gynaecology: Participate in gynaecology clinic, on call consultant duties day and night as rostered including care of emergency gynaecology patients, operating suite duties as rostered. Teach and supervise junior medical staff in gynaecology.

• Be available exclusively for Grampians Health services when rostered as the on-call consultant. During the day, it is expected that the rostered consultant is on site in the hospital from 0730 am to 530pm. During the evening and overnight, it is expected the rostered consultant is available for phone advice and to attend the hospital within 20 minutes of being requested to. The on-call consultant must attend if requested to by junior medical staff onsite or if requested to by the midwife in charge of birth suite.

• Assist with effective bed management and discharge planning for patients throughout Grampians Health Services.

Benefits

Grampians Health Services is the largest employer in the region and boasts many great staff benefits that include:

• Collegiate team culture
• Salary Packaging (meals and entertainment)
• Staff health and wellbeing program
• Employee assistance program
• Free immunisations
• Opportunities for career development, access to CME and negotiable ongoing work within Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Short term accommodation assistance while settling in
• Benefits as stipulated in the AMA EBA award including phone allowance.

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How to apply

Click APPLY or contact Natasha Frawley, Clinical Director – Women's and Children's, on or via email on , or contact Monica Bruyn Administrative Officer via email on  for a confidential discussion.

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state's fastest growing inland city.  Dubbed Australia's most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping.  Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.