**Palliative Care Specialist Opportunity**
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Palliative Care Specialist to provide high-quality care to patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team, embracing innovative practices, and utilizing telehealth and home visits. As a Palliative Care Specialist, you will be a role model, mentor, and leader in clinical governance, education, and research.
**Responsibilities:**
* Lead outpatient clinics and conduct home visits
* Utilize telehealth to reach patients in remote areas
* Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care
* Conduct patient consultations and liaise with other units
* Maintain meticulous records
* Play a crucial role in clinical governance and organizing peer reviews
* Mentor and educate the next generation of medical professionals
**Requirements:
* Compassion: engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support, and understanding
* Integrity: open, honest, approachable, equitable, and consistent
* Dignity: treat others with respect, display reasonableness, and take pride in what you do
* Innovation: embrace change and strive to know more, learn more, and do better
* Courage: respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up
**Why Choose Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service?**
We offer a diverse work culture, career development opportunities, professional development opportunities, education opportunities, study and research opportunities, paid parental leave, employee assistance program, discounted private health insurance, fitness passport, work-life balance, variety, and flexibility.
About Us:
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service is one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of over 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people. We believe in providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.