Step into a dynamic and rewarding role as a Haematology Registrar within Queensland’s advanced training network, where you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a range of hospital and health service settings. In this position, you will provide expert haematology services to both inpatient and outpatient populations, working across diverse clinical environments within your allocated HHS/facility. You’ll gain broad exposure to complex and varied cases while contributing to excellence in clinical care. A competitive salary applies which includes base salary, vocational training subsidy, professional development leave, examination leave, 5 weeks annual leave and 12.75% superannuation.

Job details

As a Haematology Registrar you will be involved in education and research activities, will provide clinical support and set a professional example to more junior clinician and/or scientific staff.  

It is expected that you will (depending on training pathway):

• Provide supervision, teaching and support to junior medical staff, scientific staff where applicable, and medical students and lead by example in behaviour and
• Provide ongoing care of patients, including appropriate assessment and management under the supervision of the treating/supervising consultant. This could include, but is not limited to, attending acute and elective admissions during normal working hours, review of inpatients, outpatient clinics, leading consultant ward rounds, collecting and reporting bone marrow aspirate/trephines, reporting blood films, coagulation studies, haematinic studies, haemoglobinopathy studies, flow cytometry studies, cytogenetic/molecular studies and special haematology investigations, and communicating effectively with requesting
• Communicate empathetically with patients and their It is the advanced trainee's responsibility to ensure that patients and next of kin are aware and understand, if possible, the patient's diagnosis, management plan and any consequences of recommended treatment.
• Pay particular attention to unwell patients with frequent reviews, organise management as appropriate, including ICU referral, and ensure that there is relevant documentation in the medical It is also the advanced trainee's responsibility to notify the next of kin of the patient's condition.
• Review consults within 24 hours of referral (or earlier if urgent) and discuss management with the supervising consultant, including the frequency of review. Generally, complex patients and/or patients under surgical bed cards should be reviewed
• Coordinate appropriate referral to other specialty departments and
• Instigate and follow up appropriate investigations, including outpatient pathology and radiology where
• Formulate management plans independently but also to implement the decisions of senior medical You are expected to keep your supervising consultant informed of patient issues and seek his/her advice if you are unsure of management or if a patient is critically unwell.
• Be responsible for the communication of the unit to other health professionals, including the completion of discharge summaries in a timely manner by junior medical In particular, it is also expected that you will correspond directly with general practitioners where appropriate.
• Oversee the documentation of any changes to management clearly and concisely in the medical record to allow good continuity of patient care after
• Hand over critically unwell patients or any outstanding investigation results to the covering
• Lead team meetings or family conferences in the consultant's absence.
• Maintain the development of professional knowledge and skills through active involvement in the education programs of the hospital/facility.
• Support research or quality improvement activities of the unit as
• Participate in the on-call roster of the facility as
• Contribute to other activities as defined by the director of the

What is on offer? 

• Up to 12.75% employer superannuation  

• 14% Annual Leave Loading  

• 5 weeks Annual Leave 

• Vocational Training Subsidy  

• Salary Packaging (where applicable)  

• Exam Leave  

Professional development

• Career progression with more than 300 diverse career pathways and career support to take you further!
• Access to a variety of programs and initiatives to support training and career growth.
• Grow your skills through hands-on experience and access to internal training opportunities and additional financial and leave benefits for approved external training and development.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion 

At Queensland Health, our work environment is inclusive and supportive, and we value our employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all cultures, abilities and backgrounds.

Further information

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

Documents

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

• DoH Applicant Pack (PDF)
  
  SQ680438 Haem Reg - Central (PDF)