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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Port Pirie
• Total Indicative Remuneration Package $448,908 - $584,125 p.a. (pro rata)* - MD2
• Multiple opportunities available: Permanent Full time (part time hours to be considered)
• Eligibility Open to Everyone 

*Total Indicative Remuneration (TIRP) includes Award Salary, remote call allowance, professional development, A&R Allowance, Super, Private Practice Arrangements if applicable)

Overview

An exciting opportunity for Emergency Department Consultants ensuring Port Pirie Hospital is delivering high quality, safe and sustainable emergency services to residents of the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN).

You will be supported by the Director of the Emergency Department to coordinate the delivery of emergency services to patients within Port Pirie Hospital in conjunction with the YNLHN Medical Services team. A successful candidate will be offered a 75%/25% clinical/ non clinical division of work to enable them to support the department with clinical governance activities. There is a huge scope for developing clinical governance in our Emergency Service, and the non clinical part of the post will be individualised for each successful candidate to include options like Morbidity and Mortality meetings, continuous Quality improvement activities, teaching, other Speciality liaison and clinical audit.

Working with no direct supervision, the Emergency Consultants will exercise a high degree of professional judgement and clinical competence in a multi-disciplinary setting and be responsible for the overall smooth day to day management of the clinical ED floor as well as responding to hospital MET/Code Blue/Code Black calls.

Eligibility

Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent with appropriate Specialist Qualifications FACEM, FACRRM or FRACGP (or six months within Completion of Specialist Training) and be eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration or another qualification as defined in the SA Medical Officers Award.

Applicants are encouraged to view the job pack provided for more detailed information.

About YNLHN

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

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Applicant Information

In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, to watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here.  For information about the eligibility for the Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients) 

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (Direct Contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 906813

Enquiries

Dr Dewald Behrens
Position: Director Emergency Departments
Phone: 0426 679 668
E-mail: Dewald.Behrens@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

23 July 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.

Attachments

 906813- Port Pirie - Emergency Department Consultant Role Decription.pdf

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