Acting Clinical Director Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management

Job Description:

Excellent benefits including salary packaging

Fitzroy location

Senior leadership opportunity

Part Time (24 hours per week) Fixed Term position (1 Sept 2025 28 Nov 2025)

About the Role

The Clinical Director provides specialist care and clinical leadership for staff at the BWCPM and is directly responsible for the BWCPM Medical workforce. The Clinical Director works collaboratively with the HIP Manager/s and the Pain Stream Manager to ensure the delivery of a high quality multidisciplinary statewide pain service. This is a senior medical position and carries with it the professional responsibilities of clinical leadership teaching and training as well as administrative requirements.

• Deliver highquality evidencebased clinical care in line with best practices.
• Advocate for an interdisciplinary approach to patient care ensuring integrated and holistic treatment strategies.
• Support and promote a patientcentred approach to care and communication.
• Professional supervision and leadership of all medical staff at BWCPM to ensure a high standard of medical care at all times including care provided on inpatient wards and theatre.
• In collaboration with the Pain Stream Manager review medical and/or complex clinical incidents or complaints in accordance with SVHM policies. Implement systems to identify and manage risks and to deal with and learn from incidents and complaints.

Your Contribution

Minimum of five (5) years experience as a Pain Medicine Specialist

Commitment to and experience working in an interdisciplinary team

Excellent leadership skills to support motivate and encourage staff

Commitment to evidencebased practice research continuing education/ selfdevelopment and quality improvement activities

Proven high level strategic analytical and problemsolving skills

What we Offer

A focus on wellbeing initiatives with regular events and programs

Confidential solutionsfocused employee counselling

Ability to join Fitness Passport Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

Salary Packaging Increase your take home pay!

In the heart of Fitzroy CBD at our doorstep close to some of Melbournes best cafes public transport and lots of carparks

Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation

Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals

Culture of continuous improvement

About the Department

The Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM) is located at St Vincents Hospital Fitzroy and is predominantly an ambulatory (outpatient) interdisciplinary service that provides assessment treatment and consultation for patients with persistent pain. The service comprises specialist pain clinicians (Pain Medicine Physicians Pain Medicine trainees Psychiatrist Physiotherapists Psychologists Clinical Nurse Consultant Allied Health Assistant and Research Assistant) working as an integrated team to address the medical physical and psychosocial factors contributing to the persistence of pain and its consequent disability. The clinic provides care to a diverse group of clients from around Victoria many with complex needs offering treatment both individually and in groups. BWCPM delivers services to public private and compensable patients (Transport Accident Commission & Worksafe).

Working at St Vincents

St Vincents Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion Justice Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Closing Date:

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.

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