WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is seeking an experienced Senior Medical Practitioner to join the team at Esperance Health Campus. This is a Fixed Term Full Time appointment for 5 years, with the possibility of extension(s).
About the Position
In the role of Senior Medical Practitioner, you will:
- Provide shift work in the Emergency Department at the Esperance Hospital, including nights and weekends.
- Shift work is shared with local GP’s and the hospital SMP.
- Provide professional support, development and mentorship to clinical staff as required – this includes nursing staff, RMO’s and junior GP registrars.
- Provide teaching to students from the Rural Medical School during their rostered shifts in ED.
- Participate in the Medical Advisory Committee.
- Provide support to and work collaboratively with the hospital SMP to improve ED services within the hospital.
For Further Job Related Information: We encourage you to contact Annette Hackett on 0448 218 280.
The Package
The salary as per WA Health System Medical Practitioners AMA Industrial Agreement 2016:
Shown as Fixed Term Full time (80 hours per fortnight).
MP Year 1-3 MP Year 1-3 $329,660 - $350,619 p.a.*
*Includes Arrangement A base salary $268,877—$287,931 p.a., professional development allowance $30,814.p.a. and 10% employer contributed superannuation.
In addition (in line with operational requirements), you will also have access to generous salary packaging of up to $19,000 p.a., professional development opportunities, study leave/assistance and flexible leave arrangements. Assistance with relocation can also be negotiated.
About the Region
The Goldfields-Esperance region is located in the south-eastern corner of Western Australia and is the largest region in the state with a land area of 771,276 square kilometres. The region is three times the size of the state of Victoria and just under a third of Western Australia's total land mass. Approximately 55,000 people live here with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people representing about twelve percent of the population. The character of the Goldfields-Esperance region reflects the unique Aboriginal culture, the legacies of early mining and agricultural pioneers and a multi-cultural history of interstate and international migration.
The region includes Western Australia's Golden Outback which stretches from the rugged red earth of the Northern Goldfields and Great Western Woodland to the sweeping snow-white beaches of Esperance and the South Coast.
The coastal Esperance zone boasts a range of stunning natural attractions including national parks, Kepwari Wetland Walk Trail, Woody Island and Lake Monjingup, which exhibit coastal scenery, extraordinary flora and fauna, peaceful bushwalks and well-maintained campgrounds.
Heading inland Kalgoorlie-Boulder is Australia’s largest outback city and the heart of Western Australia’s Goldfields region. With a population of more than 30,000, the city is a dynamic and sophisticated regional centre. The area offers astounding diversity and beauty in its national parks and reserves, tranquil eucalyptus forests, wide sweeping plains, dry lake beds, low lying scrub land and spinifex fields.
If you are considering a career at WACHS Goldfields, please click on the link below to meet some of our wonderful staff who share their thoughts about what makes working for us in this beautiful region a rich and rewarding experience:
WACHS Goldfields Region Video
How to Apply
Applicants are requested to apply online (www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au).
Please apply online by providing the following documents:
- A 2-3 pages statement addressing each of the Selection Criteria found in the attached Job Description Form and how you are able to meet the position requirements.
- A detailed Curriculum Vitae which summarises your experience and how you are able to meet the position requirements. Please include contact details for clinical work-related referees (It is preferable for one of your referees to be a current clinical supervisor or manager).
Suitable candidates must be eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA) and have Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) or Fellowship of the Australian College of General Practice (FRACGP) or equivalent experience.
Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of six (6) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision
Eligibility to Apply: All WA health system employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access health care facilities, pursuant to the Health Worker (Restrictions on Access) Directions (HWAD), Residential Aged Care Facility Worker Access Directions (ACWD) and the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination and Vaccination Program Policy, unless the employee is exempt pursuant to the HWAD and/or ACWD.
Applications must be lodged online by 4pm (WST) 07/06/2022
Late or emailed applications will not be accepted.
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