Job Title: Medical Specialist
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Medical Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing specialist obstetrics and gynaecology services to patients in the region.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide specialist obstetrics and gynaecology services to patients in the region.
* Participate in birth suite consultant cover, maternity antenatal clinic, and obstetric on call roster as rostered.
* Supervise and teach junior medical staff in obstetrics and gynaecology.
* Work collaboratively within the team including with midwives, general practitioners, paediatricians, anaesthetists, social workers, and other staff involved in patient care.
Clinical Opportunities:
* Operating session as per agreed weekly timetable to cover obstetrics and gynaecology patients on the waiting list, including LUSCS lists (complex caesareans).
* Be available exclusively for Grampians Health services when rostered as the on-call consultant.
* Attend if requested by junior medical staff onsite or by the midwife in charge of birth suite.
Organisational Context:
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Grampians Health Services provides inpatient and outpatient services for women of Ballarat, Horsham, and surrounding regions. Clinics offered in this service include antenatal care, gestational diabetes, high risk pregnancy care, surgical gynaecology, colposcopy, and family planning.