Employment Type: Fixed Term Position
Hours: Working 12hrs per week, with additional oncall as required
Salary: As per NSW Health Staff Specialists (State) Award, relevant experience level
Location: Mercy Health Albury
Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications
Contact: Dr Annie Chiu, annie.chiu@mercy.com.au
About the opportunity
Our specialist Palliative Care service consists of a 10 bed inpatient department, and an extensive community service, providing specialist holistic care to NSW residents. Working as a member of the multi disciplinary team, you will be responsible for the clinical care of our palliative patients. We have a supportive team environment where all staff work together to provide quality care to our patients.
* Mercy Health Albury, Palliative Care Service
* Fixed term position commencing April 2025 to 28 November 2025
* Working 12hrs per week, working Thursday 1300-1700 / Friday 0830-1700
* This is a job share position
* Joining the on-call roster to provide weekend on-call or recall support
* Links to Werribee Mercy Hospital Palliative Care Specialists, providing specialist support and guidance
* Perform all assessments, procedures and treatments associated with the speciality of Palliative Care Medicine as per delineated role of the Mercy Health Albury network
* Provide admitting, consultative and diagnostic services for inpatient and community palliative care services
* Form an integral part of a multidisciplinary team whilst practising within the core values of Mercy Health
* Ensure a highly responsive and flexible Palliative Care service to internal and external health care providers.
What you'll bring
To thrive in this role, you will have:
* Unconditional registration with AHPRA
* Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (Palliative Care), Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) or Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
* Australian citizen or PR status
* Demonstrated capacity to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
* Demonstrated current clinical practice of a high standard and ability to adapt clinical practice in accordance with the contemporary evidence based best practice and demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management
* Current Medical Indemnity Insurance
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
* A current Police Record Check
* Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
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