Staff Specialist Anaesthetist

Job description

• Competitive salary
• Junior Support
• Excellent working Culture

 Overview:

• Participate in the provision of high quality, efficient specialist clinical anaesthetic services to patients of the Hospital, including participation in the on-call anaesthetic roster
• Participate in the Pre-Admission Anaesthetic clinic
• Participate as part of an emergency response team to internal and external emergency situations when required
• Under instruction from the Director of Anaesthetics/ICU:
• Assist in the management of medical staff in the Department of Anaesthetics and intensive care including rostering, recruitment, succession planning and completion of performance appraisals
• Provide clinical leadership, teaching and supervision of junior medical staff
• Establish and participate in regular audits, risk management activities and clinical meetings
• Promote and maintain appropriate standards to meet the requirements of relevant governing bodies including ANZCA, PMCV, ACHS and AHPRA
• Assist with the establishment and/or management of accreditation of Anaesthetic Registrars
• Develop clinical research activities within the confines of the organisational resources
• Progressively develop and maintain a patient focussed ethos and continually strive for improvement
• Actively practice appropriate communication and service integration with other hospital departments
• Collaborate with the Director of Anaesthetics/ICU and other theatre staff to ensure that appropriate policies and protocols are developed and reviewed for use in theatre
• Show a demonstrated commitment to continuing medical education
• Balance an emergency workload while continuing to meet the needs of surgeons and elective surgical patients

Selection Criteria:

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner’s Regulation Agency (AHPRA) (or eligible to register)
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists or equivalent specialist qualifications
• Extensive experience in the practice of anaesthetics, training and commitment to continuing medical education
• Willingness to provide anaesthetic services across a range of specialty areas (including but not limited to surgical specialties, adult and child anaesthesia, labour suite, pre-admission clinics, ICU)
• Evidence of being a skilled communicator including both oral and written when communicating with students, patients, other professionals and the public
• Evidence of being a collaborator, including the ability to network and operate within a small team

To Apply / Register Interest:

If you are interested in this role and would like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Daniel Arundel on 02 9641 2411 or darundel@charterhousemedical.com

If this role is not quite suitable for you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch as I have a number of other roles that might be of interest.