Staff Specialist or Senior Staff Specialist, Anaesthetist

About the Mackay Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service (HHS) is a contemporary organisation providing extensive health services across six hospitals, two multi-purpose health services and four community health centres to a population of around 185,000 people.

We are a team of more than 3,500 dedicated staff providing support to the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday regions; stretching from Bowen and the Whitsundays in the north to St Lawrence in the south, and west to Clermont. Our region is about the size of Ireland, with a mix of regional and rural areas, covering an area of approximately 90,000km2.

We are located in a vibrant regional area of tropical north Queensland which offers all the benefits of coast and country living, allowing you to pursue a wide range of interests and lifestyles in a secure, family-friendly and culturally diverse environment. Our climate is ideal for outdoor living with beautiful beaches, subtropical rainforest and vast open spaces. There is a good choice of quality schools, wide range of sporting clubs and excellent community facilities.

You can enjoy cafes, restaurants and bars, festivals, art galleries and interesting communities, making this a great place for those looking to escape busy metro cities and try life at a different pace. Our thriving economy is supported by a diverse range of tourism, agriculture, mining, education and health industries.

Visit: http://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/.

Your opportunity

A Staff Specialist is responsible for assisting the Director in:

• Provision of high-quality clinical services as part of the Unit/Department.
• Education of medical staff and students, Allied Health, interested community groups and nursing staff.
• Active participation in patient safety, audit, research and service planning activities.

The department currently provides anaesthesia for orthopaedic, trauma, general, gynaecological, obstetric, paediatric, ENT, dental, ECT and endoscopic procedures. We also provide a pre-assessment clinic, an acute pain service and obstetric epidural service. We support the trauma and cardiac arrest teams.

The department is an accredited training facility and thus you will be required to supervise Principal House Officers, Junior House Officers and Interns, Registrars and Provisional Fellows.

Role-specific responsibilities:

• Provide patients with a medical service in accordance with the standards of the speciality and the ethics of the profession.
• Provide a service in accordance with Hospital and Health Service policies.
• Perform after hours and weekend clinical duties as rostered.
• Provide clinical assistance in emergencies as directed.
• Pre-operative assessment and early post-operative care of patients.
• Supervision of anaesthesia trainees and other staff as appropriate.
• Management of the anaesthesia component of the work of the Day Procedure Unit.
• Administrative duties relating to the functioning of the department and the hospital.
• Participation in continuing medical education to maintain personal knowledge and skills as established in the College's Maintenance of Professional Standards Program.
• Participation in programs to safeguard personal wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of colleagues, trainees and related professionals

Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) Requirements

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be and remain vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.