Palliative Care Physician

Employer: South West Healthcare
Location: Warrnambool
Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 30 July 2023

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Summary

South West Healthcare (SWH) is seeking an experienced Specialist Palliative Care Physician to provide high quality and comprehensive services to palliative care patients, both in community and inpatient settings. This position has a primary focus on the provision of clinical services for both inpatients at SWH and as the clinical lead of the Community Palliative Care team.

The Palliative Care Physician will facilitate excellence and innovation in the delivery of palliative care services and promote a cooperative environment and team approach to delivery of those services. This is a permanent full time (76 hours per fortnight) position.

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South West Healthcare is the major specialist referral centre for the Barwon South West sub-region, and provides a comprehensive range of acute, sub-acute, specialist, community, mental health and aged services. With a population of 39,000 and a catchment of 100,000 Warrnambool is the regional centre to Victoria’s Great South Coast.

SWH respects all individuals and promote equity and inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds and socio- economic status.

What is Offered

You will enjoy benefits such as:

• Excellent salary packaging options including meals & entertainment, novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions; 
• Internal and external professional development opportunities;
• Ongoing clinical supervision;
• A range of internal development opportunities focusing on personal development such as resilience and mentoring workshops and comprehensive leadership programs;
• Excellent terms and conditions of employment.

Selection Criteria

The successful applicant will:

• Hold a current registration certificate as required by the Medical Practitioners Board of Australia, recognised post graduate qualification in Palliative Medicine, preferably FRACP (Chapter of Palliative Medicine)
• Have a minimum of two years’ experience in the provision of clinical palliative care services in both the community and the inpatient settings. 
• Have knowledge of Health Services, particularly Palliative Care Medicine and or experience in a related field of work. 
• Have effective communication, conflict management and negotiation skills are desirable. 
• Have a high level of written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills.