Staff Specialist - Thoracic Medicine

Job Description:

Position Title: Staff Specialist Thoracic Medicine
Employment Type: Permanent
Hours per week: 0.3 FTE
Position Grade: Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (NonDeclared) Affiliated Health Organisations Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Thoracic Medicine

About us:
St Vincents Hospital Sydney is a leading notforprofit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion excellence integrity and justice we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincents include:
Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and nonclinical education programs
Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
Career development opportunities across the St Vincents Health Australia Network
Employee Assistance Program
Work/Life balance

About the role:
The Department of Thoracic Medicine at St Vincents Hospital seeks a Staff Specialist 0.3FTE. Duties will include ward rounds and supervision of junior medical staff running the Lung Tx/ ALD Outpatient Clinic Transplant oncall duties from timetotime as determined within in the Department and performance of bronchoscopic procedures as determined within the Department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provision of clinical services to patients designated as under your direct care to outpatients and to patients you are asked to consult in Lung Transplantation;

• Provision of clinical services to patients as designated under your direct care to outpatients and to patients you are asked to consult in with Advanced lung disorders;

• Provision of interventional and diagnostic respiratory services including bronchoscopy thoracic ultrasound and insertion of chest drains and complex pulmonary function tests;

• Experience in the development of multidisciplinary outpatient services; familiarity with the leading better value care model would be desirable;

• Lead and participate in the development of research and academia within the Department

• Participate in teaching duties at specialty registrar junior medical officer and undergraduate levels;

• Promotion of good patient care and the good reputation of the department and the hospital;

• Participation in outofhours oncall Lung Transplant roster.

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincents:
St Vincents is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culturally diverse sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincents is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases NSW Health Policy Directive (PDor subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the Selection Criteria as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincents Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:
Possess or be eligible to possess specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); and possess Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialists State Award.
Has worked as a Specialist in Lung Transplant and Thoracic Medicine for at least 12 months. Is prepared to work primarily in the subspeciality of Lung Transplantation as well as provide clinical services in Thoracic Medicine.
Sleep training and an interest in respiratory failure in lung transplant recipients would be an advantage.
A commitment to participate in a 1 in 6 oncall roster and direct clinical patient care in both Lung Transplantation and Thoracic Medicine.
Current interventional bronchology skill subset to include bronchoscopy transbronchial lung biopsy and balloon dilatation. Experience in other interventional procedures including Thoracic Ultrasound is also desirable.
A strong background in teaching of students and Registrars is highly desirable. RACP accreditation in Registrar supervision is an advantage.
Possessing or currently completing a higher degree.
Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.

Applications close on 10/04/25

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Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information visit https://www.svha/aboutus/reconciliation or get in contact at

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