**Description**
**Employment Type** - Temporary, Full Time Position (6 months)
**Classification** -Registrar 1-4
**Title**:
- Palliative Care - Registrar 1-4
**Position Number**: LP7331
**Salary **- $112,917 - $141,084 (Plus Super) pro rata
**Location** - Clare Holland House Barton, ACT
**Section** - Palliative Care
**Closing Dat**e - 2nd December 2024
**What can we offer you**:
- City living without the traffic - click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
**About the Hospital**:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)
This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra's Northside.
The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra's expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.
Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.
The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.
**About the role**:
The North Canberra Hospital Palliative Care team provides an in home palliative care service to residents of the ACT. This team is focused on ensuring that patients are able to stay at home as their illness progresses. The team provide advice and support to the primary care team. Teach families skills in how to care for patients according to their needs. They provide access in home equipment to facilitate the patient staying at home as long as possible. Patients in this service have access to phone support 24hrs per day. Access to this service is a referral pathway from GP or specialist doctor. The referral form is available at the link below.
The Palliative Care Registrar participates in and provides medical support to the interdisciplinary team across hospice, community and hospital based palliative care programs under the supervision of Palliative Care Consultants.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the **_Position Description_**_._
**How to apply**:
- Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees.
- A maximum two page pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria when drafting your response. **This document is required and must be submitted to be considered for the role.**
- Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
- To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident_
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with North Canberra Hospital Credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for medical professionals.
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- A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available. _
- This is a temporary position available for a period of 6 months with the possibility of extension up to less than 12 months and/or permanency. _
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**Job**: Junior Medical Officers
**Salary Range**: 112,917.00 - 141,084.00
**Closing Date**: 02/Dec/2024, 6:59:00 AM