Senior Registrar or Registrar (Indigenous Outreach, Heart and Lung Institute)

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Registrar or Registrar (Indigenous Outreach, Heart and Lung Institute). Terms and conditions vacancy

Comprising salary rates between $5151.10 - $5676.30 p.f. (L10 – L13) or $4039.10 – $4683.00 p.f. (L4 - L9) (excluding leave loading and superannuation) (Temporary full time up to 6months. Applications will remain current for 12 months). Job Ad Reference: PCH282470. Closing Date:: 30/07/2018

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) Requirements

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment:

• Measles
• Mumps
• Rubella
• Varicella (chicken pox)
• Pertussis (whooping cough)
• Hepatitis B

Further vaccinations may be required due to particular risks for a role; examples include:

• Hepatitis A – Workers in regular contact with untreated sewerage
• Q Fever – Research or Laboratory staff regularly handling specimens 

All new employees who will be working in clinical areas must be assessed for their risk of tuberculosis and screening undertaken if required. 

Existing staff that are engaged prior to 1 July 2016 are not subject to this condition of employment unless they apply for a role with VPD requirements that is with a different Queensland Health entity (ie one HHS to another HHS, Department to a HHS, or HHS to Department).

Purpose of the Role:

The General Medicine Indigenous Outreach Registrar is an advanced trainee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. The Registrar provides predominantly outpatient medical services and some inpatient services for Indigenous patients and remote area patients of the Indigenous Cardiac Outreach Program (ICOP). This service will be provided in local Northside district and also rural and remote areas when the ICOP team is on outreach and will provide follow up and continuing care on the team's return to The Prince Charles Hospital. The Registrar will also provide outpatient medical service support to the Indigenous Respiratory Outreach Care (IROC) Program at some rural and urban adult clinics as a member of the relevant multidisciplinary team.

• It is intended that the Registrar will maximise his or her professional development, with a view to completing specialist training according to the guidelines of the RACP and expected that the Registrar will be involved in the professional development of junior medical staff.
• This role will count as 6 months of Group C rotations or up to 12 months of non-core training
• The Advanced Trainee will be expected to spend half their time on outreach in rural and remote areas. Meals, all transport and accommodation will be provided whilst on outreach. 
• This position offers the opportunity to establish a new and unique role within two well established and well respected outreach programs. The position will enhance the high quality service already delivered by the ICOP Program, especially by streamlining follow up of outreach patients and establishing strong and lasting relationships with rural and remote communities.
• This position will include engagement in Telehealth clinics for patient review between outreach visits, and involvement in other cardiology and respiratory care of patients (including clinics related to these services).
• It is expected that the appointee will undertake a research project. 
• The candidate will not be expected to participate in an out of hours roster.

How to Apply:

Please download the Role Description and Information Package for Applicants for instructions on how to apply for this role. If you have difficulty viewing this role description in .pdf format, please contact Metro North Recruitment to request it in .doc format.Please note that if the information requested in the ‘how to apply' section is not provided, plus the now mandatory requirement for all curriculum vitaes to be provided in a standard template (as attached), you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application. The Information Package for Applicants outlines pre-employment checks that will be undertaken for successful applicants.

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