Consultant Anaesthetist

Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing

St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospital provides high quality public and private services to people living in the east metropolitan and Wheatbelt regions. Midland is one of our busiest hospitals, with demand for public services consistently increasing every year, making it a dynamic and fast-paced environment to work in.

Your Role

An opportunity exists for an experienced Anaesthetist to provide specialist anaesthetic services in general adult, paediatric and obstetric anaesthesia. Fixed Term Full and Part time roles available starting February

Anaesthetic Department

• 12 operating theatres.
• On par to exceed 12,000 cases annually.
• Excellent, varied case-mix providing a broad clinical experience, including paediatrics, obstetrics, general surgery, orthopaedics, plastics, urology, gynaecology, ENT, ophthalmology and gastroenterology.
• 12 bed ICU/HDU support.

The Position

• Work as a Consultant to provide specialist medical services to patients within the specialty
• Be actively involved in perioperative patient optimisation and post-operative follow up care.
• Accept appropriate referrals both internal and external to the hospital, in accordance with the hospital's role delineation
• Participate in the preadmission clinic, its structure, resources and the education of medical and nursing staff involved.
• Contribute to the acute pain service. When required conducts daily consultant supervised acute pain rounds as per the departmental roster.
• Proportionately participates in a departmental after hours on call roster including weekdays, weekends and public holidays
• Be available to assist in airway or resuscitation crises when called upon throughout the hospital
• Provide consultant proximal after hours cover as required on the departmental roster.

You will have Fellowship with the Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.

You will have substantial clinical experience in the management of high acuity patients in a complex hospital environment, including Paediatric and Obstetric Anaesthesia. A fellowship with the Faculty of Pain Medicine will be highly regarded.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer

• Highly competitive salary & conditions ($356,343 - $468,883 plus 12% superannuation per annum, pro rata for part time)
• Welcoming and supportive culture
• Professional Development Allowance $32,157 per annum pro rata for part time
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
• Novated leasing
• work related expenses
• self-education and
• additional superannuation
• 3 weeks Professional Development Leave per annum.
• Purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave.
• Flexible work options.
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs.

For enquiries about this position, applicants should contact Sean Dwyer - Anaesthetic Head of Department Midland Hospital on

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

Agency applications will not be accepted.