Staff Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine

Job Description:

Position Title: Staff Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine
Employment Type: Permanent
Hours per week: Up to 0.8 FTE
Position Grade: Senior Staff Specialist/Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Rehabilitation Medicine

About us:
St Vincents Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit 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 non-clinical 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:

Provision of clinical services to patients designated as under your direct care to outpatients and to patients you are asked to consult in Rehabilitation Medicine including:

• Managing inpatients at the Sacred Heart Health Service.
• Undertake two ward rounds per week (one of these preceding or following a case conference).
• May be required to support rehabilitation outpatient clinics.
• Assessing patients and developing goal-oriented management plans in conjunction with patients/carers and appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team which specify type and intensity of therapeutic input and timed and measurable outcomes.
• Improving outcomes minimising overall lengths of stay and facilitating the provision of best possible clinical care.
• Participate in teaching and research duties.
• Participate in the on-call roster for the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
• Supervision of the Rehabilitation Medicine Registrars attached to the service.
• Participation in peer review and case review meetings as well as all academic and teaching meeting within the Department of Rehabilitation
• Collaborate with other departments and stakeholders to optimize patient care.
• Communicate effectively with medical staff other departments and external stakeholders.
• Participate in medical staff meetings and other relevant forums

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 (PD2023022) or 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:

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincents Health Australia.
• Must hold a fellowship of the faculty of rehabilitation medicine and current registration with AHPRA.
• Hold a current unrestricted drivers licence.
• Understand the complexities and challenges of providing rural healthcare and be willing to undertake a FIFO role.
• Knowledge of and relevant clinical experience and expertise in adult rehabilitation with an emphasis on trauma rehabilitation amputee care brain injury and orthopaedic care.
• Demonstrate strategic thinking and leadership qualities with experience in management supervision and staff support of a team.
• Expertise in the management of complex Rehabilitation clients with demonstrated use of evidence based practice in relation to clinical practice.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work within and lead a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience and expertise in development of learning resources for rehabilitation clients.

For more information please contact Dr Morgan Hee

For a copy of the position description please email

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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