Added - 01/14/21 Consultant Physician - General Medicine Specialist/Consultant/SIMG Vic, Victoria | PermanentWork Unit/Location:Medical Services / SaleReports to:Head of Unit/Executive Director Medical ServicesA. About the Service:Central Gippsland Health (CGH) is a subregional health service and the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire.CGH provides acute care as part of an integrated service delivery model across Wellington Shire and beyond. The service provides beds across three campuses (Sale, Maffra and Heyfield).Acute services are situated at Sale with some acute beds located at Maffra and Heyfield. CGH provides specialist medical, surgical, obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatric services including Level 2 Nursery and some general practice inpatients. There is also a number of visiting services including renal medicine, dermatology, vascular, urology, IVF, ophthalmology, ENT and ERCP.The Medical Services Division comprises specialty units such as ICU / CCU, Cardiology, Oncology, Renal Dialysis, Emergency Department, Aged Care & Rehabilitation, Respiratory and sleep medicine. The 6 bed ICU / CCU provides ventilation and hemofiltration. The junior workforce comprises two Interns and five Physician trainees on rotation from subregional and Melbourne hospitals.B. Purpose of the Position:The Consultant Physician will provide senior medical support, in conjunction with other Physicians, in General Medicine and the Critical Care unit at CGH. This will occur within the principles of care coordination, where patients/clients/residents have access to a highly coordinated health care and community support system.C. Key Objectives, Duties and Responsibilities:Specific responsibilities include:Perform at the level of Specialist General Physician to provide safe, comprehensive care, consistent with approved scope of practice and CGH’s capability.Provide clinical and professional leadership within the medical division, working collaboratively with other clinicians and the nurse unit managers.Consultative support for other specialities to provide integrated management of patients with complex medical needs.Arrange ongoing medical management in accordance with the best interests of the patient seeking advice from appropriate tertiary referral centres where indicated.Ongoing management of patients presenting with acute illnesses including exacerbations of common chronic diseases and complex patients with multiple comorbidities.Longitudinal management of patients with chronic disease.Support the development of and participate in the on call Physician roster, including providing after hours support to the Emergency Department, Critical Care Unit and inpatient units.Provide ambulatory consulting services in general medicine through CGH clinics or private practice as agreed. These may include, but not limited to:Rapid access medical clinicRapid access acute chest pain clinicGeneral Medical clinicMedical Discharge clinicHospital In the Home ServiceClinical management and organisation of pre-operative assessment and preparation of patients for day surgery extended day-only surgery and other patients as necessary;Practice evidence-based medicine integrating evidence and knowledge in providing optimal care to individual patients and for patient populations.Provide supervision and training to interns, registrars, other junior medical staff and medical students, including the supervision of procedures.Plan, support and participate in continuing medical education activities for the medical service and other CGH medical staff, including but not limited to: formal and informal clinical presentations, teaching sessions and Grand Rounds.Actively participate in clinical governance programs including case review, clinical audit, morbidity and mortality reviews, journal club and grand rounds, CGH quality activities and accreditation processes.Provide advice to the Executive team on service planning and development and equipment requirements.Document relevant clinical information legibly, concisely and accurately.Practise to incorporate the determinants of health into patient management.Manage illness across the age spectrum from adolescents to older people.Optimise management of Illness and disability to accommodate patient’s participation in education and occupation.Mitigate the effects of social disadvantage on disease patterns in populations.Contribute to health policy development and implementation in immunisation, nutrition and screening.Mitigate inequitable effects of education on health outcomes.Consider family and cultural influences on health and health care and psychological and psychiatric aspects of patient care.G. Job Requirement CriteriaMandatory:Primary medical qualification registrable with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA).Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physician (FRACP), or other postgraduate clinical training, qualifications and experience assessed by the RACP as being fully or partially comparable to an Australian physician and suitable for an Area of Need physician appointment.Substantial and proven experience as a physician in general medicine within an acute care hospital-based setting and community consulting practice. Skills and experience in Critical Care medicine or Intensive Care.Other:A Police Record Check regarding any criminal record will be required prior to finalisation of the appointment and updated every three (3) years.This Position Description will be reviewed on an annual basis in keeping with changing requirements.Reviewed By:Executive Director of Medical ServicesLast Review Date:13/07/2020Date to be Reviewed:
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