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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Paediatric Division, North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary
  • Classification - MDP2 - Medical Practitioner - $105,751 to $171,579 p.a (includes award salary, superannuation and any other monetary benefits)
• Full time - Term Contract (Initial 12-month contract within WCHN – total 3-year SA Health wide employment)
  • As per the SMOEA 2022, the total term of employment with SA Health will be 3 years. Rotations following the initial 12-months allocation to Advanced Trainee Paediatric Cardiology will be determined in line with your training and SA Health’s requirements. This may include transfer to other SA Health locations to perform work appropriate to classification, skills, and capabilities.

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Medicine team as a Advanced Trainee /Registrar, where you will be responsible for:

• Providing high-standard paediatric clinical services to patients across South Australia
• Delivering inpatient and outpatient care under consultant supervision
• Participating in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of paediatric patients
• Demonstrating commitment to clinical teaching of junior doctors and medical students
• Contributing to research projects relevant to paediatric care
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic patient management
• Engaging in clinical audits and quality improvement activities
• Maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation
• Participating in continuing professional development and training activities

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) or equivalent,
• Registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner
• Minimum 4 years satisfactory experience as an Intern/Resident Medical Officer/Registrar in a recognised teaching hospital.
• Satisfactorily completed Basic Training requirements of their College and considered an Advanced Trainee as applicable.
• Ability to work as an effective team member in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and other staff
• Ability to work under stressful conditions and/or high workloads
• Problem solving and decision making skills (both clinical and individual)

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year. Click here more information
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Andrew Kelly, Medical Unit Head Cardiology

Phone: 08 81617261

E-mail: andrew.kelly@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 4/7/2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

MPD2 - Paediatric Advanced Trainee - Paediatric Cardiology - Paed Med - Role Description - 902704.pdf