Staff Specialist - I....
Staff Specialist - Infectius Disease
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14-05-2024
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Job Description
Req ID : 2838407
The Infectious Diseases Physician will join the existing Infectious Diseases Physicians and assist in
expanding clinical services to provide a complete range of clinical and nonclinical infection management
services including inpatient management clinical consultations and liaison with other teams oversight of ambulatory antimicrobial therapies and contribution to antimicrobial stewardship and infection control services.
Your role
Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with HHS values.
Follow defined service quality standards occupational health and work policies and procedures relating
to the work being undertaken in order to ensure high quality safe services and workplaces.
Implement and monitor the organisation s quality standards work health and safety policies procedures
and programs and provide clinical governance in the relevant work area.
Actively support the delivery of private practice where reasonable and clinically appropriate in
accordance with the Granted Private Practice Agreement.
Provide effective efficient and equitable specialist clinical services to patients with infectious diseases.
Responsible for keeping clinicians aware of important and significant microbiology results and offering
advice on the management of patients with infections.
Be available for inpatient infectious diseases consultations and conduct outpatient clinics.
Provide hospital wide advice on appropriate use of antimicrobials.
Provide leadership in the infection control and staff health issues.
Be responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of community intravenous antibiotics through
community health services.
Participate in an oncall roster with other Infectious Diseases Physicians.
Participate in clinical trials and research.
Organise a self directed personal educational and professional development program.
Contribute to foster and encourage staff learning education and development.
Provide education to other members of the health team including Registrars Resident Medical Officers
Medical Students and Nursing Staff.
Contribute to Medical Undergraduate teaching as required.
Comply with and utilise procedures policies regulations and standards which impact upon the position
including the Queensland Health Code of Conduct contemporary human resource management
requirements and practices such as Workplace Health and Safety Infection Control Equal Employment
Opportunity and Anti discrimination Policy.
The position is responsible to the Clinical Director of Medicine 1.
Requirements
Mandatory qualifications/Professional registration/Other requirements:
Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and registration or membership with the
appropriate registration authority or association. Certified copies of the required information must be
provided to the appropriate supervisor/ manager if you are the preferred candidate for employment.
Registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia / Australian Health Practitioner
Registration Authority (AHPRA).
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).
This position requires the incumbent to operate a class C motor vehicle and an appropriate licence
endorsement to operate this type of vehicle is required. Proof of this endorsement must be provided
before commencement of duty.
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with
legislation/government policy and Directives.
It is a condition of employment for the employee in this role to be and remain vaccinated against or
nonsusceptible to the following Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) during their employment:
Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) Varicella (chicken pox) and Pertussis (whooping cough). Existing
staff engaged prior to 1 July 2016 (and have not had a break in service) are not subject to this new condition of employment
unless they are moving from one Hospital and Health Service to another Hospital and Health Service within Queensland).
Existing staff that have previously submitted this evidence since 1 July 2016 will not be required to resubmit.
It is a condition of employment for the employee in this role to be vaccinated against or not susceptible to
Hepatitis B. Proof of vaccination or nonsusceptibility is a condition of employment for all staff (new and
existing) who have direct contact with patients or who during their work may be exposed to
blood/body fluids or contaminated sharps.
It is strongly recommended that you complete the VPD Evidence Form and prepare your documents
prior to meeting with the selection panel; however you will only be required to supply the evidence if
you are the preferred applicant. If you are the preferred applicant your application for employment will
not be successful unless you comply with this Queensland Health policy. Further information and
health/preemployment/vaccinations/providingevidence
A Tuberculosis risk assessment form is to be completed before commencement.
Mandatory qualification/s: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. o Registration or eligibility for registration as a Specialist in Nephrology with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). In general, this will require Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRACP). o Possession of accredited skills in Renal Biopsy. o Possession of procedural skills in Permcath insertion and acute vascular access (Vascath) placement is preferred. o Enrolment and maintenance of ongoing CME program with the appropriate bodies
Employment Type
Full Time
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