About the role
Liaise effectively at the hospital-community interface to facilitate both primary care and community-based specialist palliative care providers to continue appropriate delivery of care for palliative care patients in the location of their choice, including timely transfer in and out of hospital and the provision of expert advice. Participate in the supervision and training of palliative medicine trainees and other junior staff including resident medical officers and registrars. Actively participate in quality activities including patient safety, clinical audit, research and service planning activities for the Department of Internal Medicine and the broader Metro North Palliative Care Network.
About you
You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following values within the context of the 'Key Accountabilities'. The ideal applicant will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Respect - demonstrates interpersonal savvy, manages conflict appropriately, communicates effectively and balances the needs of all stakeholders with utmost respect to all people at all times
- Teamwork - collaborates effectively, develops talent, values differences and builds effective teams to bring about best use of resources to deliver healthcare services
- Compassion - is patient / client focussed, demonstrates self-awareness and the effects of behaviour on others, deals with or manages ambiguity and complexity, demonstrates resilience in the delivery of patient services or support in the delivery of services to patients
- High Performance - cultivates innovation, is action oriented, drives results and supports Metro North Health's vision and purpose to exceed expectations of our patients and stakeholders
Integrity - demonstrates sound decision quality, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and works effectively / manages complexity to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a high standard
Benefits when working for us
- Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
- Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
- Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
- Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging
**Job ad reference number**: PCH565319Close date: 12/06/24
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