Staff Specialist Physician

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Detail information about job Staff Specialist Physician. Terms and conditions vacancy

About the role

The purpose of this role is to provide the highest practical standards of general medical services for the patients of the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Staff Specialist in General Medicine (with or without another sub-speciality) who will be working alongside a relatively young team of specialist physicians including but not limited to Acute Medicine, Acute Stroke, General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Oncology, Palliative Care, Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Obstetric Medicine and Cardiology.

The Division of Medicine encompasses the department of medicine and department of emergency medicine. These two departments work together to optimise patient care and patient flow. Governance of these two departments is overseen by the division director of the medicine stream.

The Department of Medicine overviews a number of sub-specialist services including: Palliative Care, Geriatrics, Rehabilitation, Cardiology, General Medicine, Respiratory, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases. Patients are predominantly admitted under general medical teams with subspecialty input. We are a large, dynamic department and provide care to patients with complex medical conditions.

Vaccination Preventable Disease
This role is designated as ‘Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk role'. You must be able to provide evidence that you either:

•  have been vaccinated against the VPD's listed in the role description; or
• you are not susceptible to the VPD's listed in the role description.

You will be asked by the recruiting manager to supply this evidence if you are the preferred candidate for the role. More information and evidence forms can be found at here.

Really care - Every day we are proud of how we care for our patients, how we work together and how we deliver our work.

You matter - We are part of the community we serve. What is important to our community is important to us. We respond to your feedback about our work, our attitude, the services we provide and the way we provide them.

We deliver - Our patients, their families, our colleagues, our staff, our partners and our community can be confident in our people and our services. We honour our commitments.

Be the best - We are here to make our patients' healthcare experience the very best it can be. We aspire to realise our vision and be Your Partner in Healthcare Excellence.

About West Moreton

• 40 Minutes from Brisbane CBD
• 9,521 kilometres region supporting over 250,000 people
• One of 16 Hospital and Health Services (HHS) within Queensland Health
• Fastest growing region in Australia with projected increase of 136% by 2036
• $490.5 Million budget and 2,934 full time equivalent staff
• One of the largest employers in the region

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The Park
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Regional
Regional hospitals located in Esk, Gatton, Laidley and Boonah with a total of 75 beds.

Community
A wide range of health services provided to correctional facilities as well as community dental clinics and health programs.

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