Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

Princess Alexandra Hospital is a busy metropolitan tertiary referral hospital situated in Brisbane, South East Queensland. PAH performs approximately 20,000 surgical procedures per year in its 21-theatre complex, plus several outlying areas, and is a centre of excellence for adult surgery.

We are:

• a major teaching hospital and is affiliated with the University of Queensland  
• the state centre for renal and liver transplantation and is the busiest renal transplant centre in the Southern Hemisphere.
• a level four trauma centre
• home to the South-East Queensland spinal injuries unit
• a busy cardiothoracic surgical unit operating with a medical perfusion model

All surgical specialties except Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Burns are represented here.  

The Department of Anaesthesia is one of the largest in the state, with an experienced staff of dedicated consultants. Consultant supervision and expert advice is always on hand.  

A provisional fellowship year at PAH offers a unique opportunity to develop both advanced clinical skills and the non-clinical skills required for consultant practice in a supportive and collegiate tertiary hospital environment. 

In addition to clinical training, PFs are expected to take part in education, research and/or quality assurance activities. 

• We have an expanding research group, and academic supervision is available for those seeking to undertake a higher degree
• We have a simulation lab on site, and there are opportunities to become involved in nursing, junior doctor and medical student education
• PAH is the Queensland state centre for Anaesthetic Allergy testing, and there are opportunities to become involved in the allergy testing clinic and educational workshops
• PAH was the first hospital in Australia to become fully digital. PFs have the opportunity to be involved in clinical informatics projects

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against COVID-19 (Health Employment Directive No. 12/21 (PDF)(PDF) ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/1108453/hed-1221.pdf )and Queensland Health Human Resources Policy B70 (PDF)(PDF) ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/1108446/qh-pol-486.pdf ))

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).