Staff Specialist - Palliative Care - Launceston
Date published: Apr 17, 2025, 13:59 PM
Location: Launceston, TAS
Description
Permanent part-time day worker with on-call position, working up to 60.8 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.
The successful applicant will enjoy opportunities to contribute to education in partnership with Uni. Tasmania, as well as research opportunities through the Clifford Craig Foundation, established to support medical research in the Northern region of Tasmania.
We're a progressive team, with a strong focus on quality improvement initiatives, novel therapeutics, and programs which improve access to specialist and generalist palliative care for people in our catchment. Current projects include specialist palliative care in aged care facilities across our region and a Northern Palliative Care ECHO program with rural and remote GPs, along with a seven-day week specialist nursing service.
Essential Criteria: Meet the essential criteria as Specialist or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia in a relevant specialty.
Desirable: Fellow with the Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (AChPM) or an Specialist Medical Practitioner with extensive experience in Palliative medicine.
*Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It's the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.
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