The Ear, Nose and Throat Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba are looking for a Visiting Specialist - Laryngology Surgery to join their team. This role provides specialist Laryngology Surgery clinical care to patients and assumes overall responsibility for patient care. Services provided include:  Provides specialist services at Metro South Hospital and Health Service,  Provides inpatient care, including participating in the on-call roster  Undertakes elective and/or emergency surgery / procedures  Provides inpatient consultations as requested  Provides outpatient consultations

Job details

We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• This role reports to Chair, Ear, Nose and Throat Unit..
• This position fulfils accountabilities and responsibilities in accordance with Metro South's purpose and objectives.
• Foster a culture of interprofessional collaboration and leadership through understanding the role and the roles of others in the interprofessional team leveraging this knowledge to establish and meet client goals and inform service direction.

Clinical and leadership skills

• Provision of services to patients in accordance with the standards of the discipline and the ethics of the profession, and that are consistent with the Clinical Services Capability Framework of the relevant facilities within the Health Service
• Specific duties may involve ward rounds, outpatient services (including Telehealth and outreach services, if appropriate), procedural work, multidisciplinary team meetings and collaboration with other medical teams or other professional streams.
• Enable clinical pathways and early discharge procedures.
• Document relevant clinical information clearly, concisely, accurately, and appropriately.
• Ensure appropriate handover of patients, as needed.
• Role model desired standards of behaviour, promoting a positive attitude, enthusiasm, respect and support of other staff, effective communication and ethical decision making.
• Encourage consumer participation in treatment and care aimed at achieving demonstrable improvement in service outcomes.
• Liaise and collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective team functioning, positive patient outcomes and the achievement of departmental objectives.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Visiting Specialist - Laryngology Surgery RD (PDF, 267KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 371KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants