Staff Specialist Clinical Immunologist

Position Title: Staff Specialist Clinical Immunologist

Employment Type:  Temporary part time up until

Hours per week: 0.4 FTE

Position Grade:  Staff Specialist

Salary:  As per the award

Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Staff Specialist Agreement

Department Name: Immunology and HIV Unit

About us:

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent's include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff

• Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs

• Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields

• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent's Health Australia Network

• Employee Assistance Program

• Work/Life balance

About the role:

To provide clinical services to patients designated under the clinician's direct care, to outpatients and to patients in the specialty.

•    Provision of clinical services to inpatients designated as under your direct care, to outpatients and to patients you are asked to consult in Clinical Immunology with scope including Autoimmunity, Immunodeficiency, Allergy and HIV;

•    Provision of professional leadership, training, education, and supervision to junior medical staff and other health care members within the department, and to be an active contributor to the multidisciplinary patient care team;

•    Participation in patient safety, audit, research and service planning activities;

•    Promotion of good patient care and the good reputation of the department and the hospital;

•    Participation in the Immunology and HIV on-call rosters for the HIV and Immunology Department.

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:

St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:

To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the 'Selection Criteria' as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent's Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

• Possess specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

• Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialist's State Award, having completed Advanced Training in Clinical Immunology.

• Have sufficient experience and recency of practice such as to allow immediate unsupervised practice.

• Have high level expertise in all aspects of all areas of Clinical Immunology including autoimmunity, allergy, primary immunodeficiency and HIV.

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Clinical Immunology and Allergy commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position;

• Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of new knowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment.

• Demonstrated knowledge, experience and commitment to the implementation of best practice and clinical service innovation;

• Demonstrated ability to lead and work within a multidisciplinary environment with excellent interpersonal and communications skills;

• Demonstrated commitment to teaching at specialty registrar, junior medical officer and undergraduate levels;

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries

For more information or a copy of the position description, please contact A/Prof Alissa Kane -  

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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