The Position
This role requires you to provide specialist palliative care services within the health service, working as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive patient care. In collaboration with another palliative care physician, you will oversee the management of palliative care patients in both inpatient and community settings. Your team will include a registrar trainee, nurses, and allied health professionals. Demonstrate professional leadership in this specialist medical area, providing training, education, and supervision to medical students, junior medical staff, and other healthcare providers.
The Hospital
This is a 236-bed regional hospital serving 10 rural hospitals and health facilities and is undergoing a $250 million redevelopment, adding 112 inpatient beds and expanding outpatient and support services. Clinicians benefit from a diverse clinical case mix, including general medicine, paediatrics, surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics & gynaecology, and mental health. These services are well integrated with active emergency, anaesthetic, and intensive care departments, supported by a range of allied health services.
The Location
This vibrant regional city in tropical North Queensland boasts a diverse economy spanning tourism, agriculture, mining, education, and health. Offering a relaxed coastal lifestyle, just an hour's flight from Brisbane and close to the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef. Enjoy beautiful beaches, a tropical climate, excellent schools, and a range of sporting clubs and facilities.
Essential Criteria
Mandatory possession of an approved medicine degree from a registered tertiary institution
General and Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory authority (Medical Board of Australia)
Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) with specialised skills, knowledge and clinical competence in the area of palliative care are mandatory and should hold an FRACP in Palliative Medicine or FAChPM.
Apply now or contact Caitlin for a confidential discussion
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- Leadership role with a significant impact
- Attractive remuneration package
- Ideal tropical location
Medicine - Palliative Care Consultant / Specialist
QLD, Australia
Job ID. 82037
- Salary 250000.0
- QLD
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Summary
Lead and inspire as a Palliative Care Specialist in beautiful Queensland!
- Leadership role with a significant impact
- Attractive remuneration package
- Ideal tropical location
The Position
This role requires you to provide specialist palliative care services within the health service, working as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive patient care. In collaboration with another palliative care physician, you will oversee the management of palliative care patients in both inpatient and community settings. Your team will include a registrar trainee, nurses, and allied health professionals. Demonstrate professional leadership in this specialist medical area, providing training, education, and supervision to medical students, junior medical staff, and other healthcare providers.
The Hospital
This is a 236-bed regional hospital serving 10 rural hospitals and health facilities and is undergoing a $250 million redevelopment, adding 112 inpatient beds and expanding outpatient and support services. Clinicians benefit from a diverse clinical case mix, including general medicine, paediatrics, surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics & gynaecology, and mental health. These services are well integrated with active emergency, anaesthetic, and intensive care departments, supported by a range of allied health services.
The Location
This vibrant regional city in tropical North Queensland boasts a diverse economy spanning tourism, agriculture, mining, education, and health. Offering a relaxed coastal lifestyle, just an hour's flight from Brisbane and close to the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef. Enjoy beautiful beaches, a tropical climate, excellent schools, and a range of sporting clubs and facilities.
Essential Criteria
Mandatory possession of an approved medicine degree from a registered tertiary institution
General and Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory authority (Medical Board of Australia)
Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) with specialised skills, knowledge and clinical competence in the area of palliative care are mandatory and should hold an FRACP in Palliative Medicine or FAChPM.
Apply now or contact Caitlin for a confidential discussion
Want to know more?
If this sounds like something you would be interested in contact:
Caitlin Lingard
By Email and quote job reference number 82037.