Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Not provided
Organisation: Peninsula Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical
Reference: 30520
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- **Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding locations**
**Who We Are and What We Stand For**
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values:
**Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.
Peninsula Health, Frankston Hospital is looking for a Casual/Reliever Paediatrician to become part of the acute ward duty roster with on-call responsibilities as well as the ability to cover General Paediatric Medical Clinics as required. This is a position at Peninsula Health-Frankston hospital / Hastings Community Centre to support the current paediatric work force.
**The Role**
Frankston Hospital has a 15 bed Children's Ward and 13 bed Special Care Unit, with most acute admissions through the Emergency Departments at Frankston and Rosebud Hospitals. There is 24 hour Registrar cover. However the successful applicant needs to be available for emergencies with the neonatal and paediatric settings within 30 minute timeframe from call to bedside. The applicant needs to be flexible and available to cover SMS roster 'gaps' and will be solely on duty at Peninsula Health when rostered. This Casual/Reliever position is to cover Paediatric Consultants for leave, including sabbatical leave, long service leave, annual leave, CME leave and sick leave as required.
**What You Need**
We anticipate you will have:
- Medical Practitioner Registered in Australia.
- FRACP (Paediatrics)
- Recent completion of APLS and/ or neonatal resuscitation courses
- Relevant experience in management of neonatal and paediatric issues
- Sound clinical knowledge, skills and experience in contemporary medical and evidence based practice
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary clinical team
- Patient safety and quality review knowledge and skills
**Additional Requirements**
If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
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