Staff Specialist - Palliative Care
Job No:
14618
Location:
Canberra, ACT
- Set your career on the fast track with this senior Specialist role, overseeing the prestigious Clare Holland House - Hospice!
- Join an innovative healthcare leader committed to strengthening and developing health at regional and national levels!
- Enjoy a very competitive remuneration package, significantly enhanced by the option to salary sacrifice up to 100% of your income!
- All the perks of a senior position - flexible hours to suit, ongoing learning opportunities, financial recognition of your qualifications and free parking!
- Convenient Canberra location, in the heart of the city, within easy driving distance with ski fields and the South Coast! Relocation assistance provided!
About the Organisation
Calvary Health Care ACT is owned by the Little Company of Mary Health Care, a national organisation providing hospital services, aged care, home-based and palliative care at 26 locations around Australia.
Calvary Health Care ACT is a not-for-profit hospital that provides public and private hospital services within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The organisation employs more than 1,000 staff across all the services and manage 334 beds in the acute and sub-acute sectors.
About Life in Canberra, Australia
Canberra is the capital of Australia, a thriving, modern city of 345,000 based on the shore of the iconic Lake Burley Griffin. Located between Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, Canberra is home to many of Australia's most prominent landmarks, such as Parliament House, the High Court of Australia, the National Gallery, National Museum of Australia and Australian War Memorial, as well as world class sporting and entertainment venues.
As the country's largest inland city, Canberra boasts a particularly scenic setting amongst Australia's famous bushland. As a planned city, Canberra is designed around its gardens, parks and bikeways, which along with high quality schools and universities, makes it an extremely suitable home for families. The city is within easy driving distance to mountains and ski fields, or heading east for only a couple of hours, Sydney and New South Wales's famous beach-strewn coastline.
Canberrans enjoy the highest average disposable income and lowest crime rates of any Australian capital city.
About Clare Holland House
Clare Holland House is the main hospice serving the ACT and the region. Its location in a visible and commanding position at the eastern end of Lake Burley Griffin reflects its role as a premier facility serving all Canberrans.
Clare Holland House is managed by Calvary Health Care ACT under a contract with ACT Health. Recurrent funding for Clare Holland House is provided the ACT Government. Clare Holland House provides high quality, skilled and compassionate palliative care to patients with an advancing illness who are no longer responding to curative treatment.
Clare Holland House acknowledges that every patient's journey is unique, but the common conclusion to all those journeys should be a calm, peaceful and supportive environment complemented with the qualities of compassion, kindness, and respect for the preciousness of life.
Clare Holland House recognises that the future holds challenges for palliative care in the ACT and region. The aging population and improved acute care procedures and programs means a heavier demand for palliative care services in the future, and it will also challenge the common thinking that palliative care is largely linked to end of life care.
About the Opportunity
Calvary Health Care ACT has an opportunity for a compassionate and experienced full time Staff Specialist to join their dedicated Clare Holland House Palliative Care team.
Reporting to the Director of Palliative Care, the primary aim of this role will be to take a strong leadership role within the Palliative Care team, and implement effective management practices that continue to develop relevant programs towards meeting Calvary Health Care ACT's philosophy and planning.
You will also implement the Simply Better Program within the Palliative Care Unit. Through this program, Calvary Health Care ACT staff ensure that patients receive the best possible care, which in turn has proven to give more time for caring, better clinical outcomes, reduced anxiety for patients and their families and improved patient satisfaction.
Some of your specific day to day duties will be to:
- Participate in, and provide medical support to, the inter-disciplinary team across hospice, community and hospital based palliative care services in ACT to ensure the best care is provided to the patients and their carers;
- Manage and coordinate the medical services, including admission and treatment, for the patients of the Clare Holland House;
- Provide medical support within Home Based Palliative Care team for medically referred palliative care patients within the ACT Community;
- Provide a consultative service to public and private hospitals with ACT for medically referred patients;
- Provide liaison support to the Palliative Care Nursing Consultative Team at The Canberra & Calvary Hospitals;
- Participate in the after-hours and on-call medical roster;
- Provide a phone consultative service for general practitioners and palliative care nurses within the greater ACT; and
- Liaise with the Clare Holland House Manager in the delivery of quality care to the patients and effective management of the Hospice.
To be considered for this position it is essential that you possess a relevant medical degree and registration (or eligibility to register) with the ACT Medical Board. FAChPM membership or equivalent is also required, while post graduate qualifications in palliative care are desired.
Successful applicants will have suitable proven experience working in palliative care, as well as a commitment to the dignity of human life. You will be willing to work as part of a close-knit team, with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, family, staff and other health professionals. You will demonstrate a commitment to teaching and education, and an interest in quantitative and/or qualitative research.
Most importantly you will be an energetic, career driven applicant with a robust, patient centred focus!
Based conveniently in the heart of Canberra, with ski fields and the South Coast in easy driving distance, the organisation will make your move to the city as smooth as possible, assisting with relocation expenses!
Calvary Health Care ACT provide a friendly and supportive environment for their staff, you will enjoy flexible hours and working conditions as well as ongoing learning and development opportunities.
In return for your hard work and dedication, you will be rewarded with a highly competitive salary package. Calvary Health Care ACT guarantees that as an employee you will be paid on a fortnightly basis.
Additional benefits include...
• Option to salary sacrifice 100%;
• Financial recognition of post graduate qualifications; and
• Free parking.
If you are a compassionate, dedicated and ambitious Specialist looking for your next challenge there is an opportunity at Calvary Health Care for you! Apply Now!