We are currently seeking suitably qualified and experienced Emergency Consultants to provide specialist emergency services to adult and Paediatric patients. Our consultants will promote patient quality and safe care and provide leadership, training, supervision, mentorship and education to doctors in training, Health Service Medical Practitioners and other health workers. We have full time/ part time and casual roles available.

The Position

• Provide clinical management of emergency department patients.
• Maintain ethical and respectful behaviour to all staff and patients.
• Awareness of indigenous customs and community expectations in considering how best to look after, admit or discharge indigenous patients.
• Participate fully in the doctors’ roster including after hours on call duties, as agreed with the Head of Department.
• Provide clinical services as seemed appropriate for a 24-hour emergency service, including audio-visual consultations and conferences with WA Country Health Services in the catchment zone.
• Supervise junior medical staff, including assessment of clinical performance and behaviour, documentation, discharge summaries, communication with patients and families, cultural awareness in regard to indigenous patients and communities, awareness of cultural and language diversity in the community.
• Participate as a valued team member promoting and contributing to a supportive team environment.

You will hold registration with FACEM (Fellow of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine) or equivalent professional membership and have demonstrated substantial clinical experience in the management of high acuity patients in a complex hospital environment.

You will demonstrate the ability to build a collaborative team in the delivery of high-quality specialist medical care, including driving clinical quality initiatives.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

The Benefits

• Salary: $346,529 to $448,526 per annum, plus 11% superannuation
• Generous salary packaging options
  • Up to $15,900 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, or other everyday living expenses.
  • Up to $2650 on meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and venue hire
  • Access to novated leasing to use pre-tax dollars for a car and expenses.
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Professional Development Allowance $29,000 per annum
• 3 weeks Professional Development Leave per annum
• Purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave.
• Paid Parental leave 14 weeks full pay/28 weeks half pay.
• Unique and competitive overseas relocation support offered including assistance with Australian work visas with progression to permanent residency (where applicable)
• A personalised meet and greet and support with housing, school tours, temporary accommodation, taxation, banking and settling in
• Financial relocation assistance for eligible items

* All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role

For enquiries about this position, applicants should contact Matthew Summerscales on 08 9462 5675

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

At St John of God Health Care we support you to be the best health care professional or support worker you can be. With strong team environments, opportunities for development and promotion, and where our leaders are visible and accessible.
As one of the largest Catholic providers of health care services in Australia, St John of God Health Care is a great place to work with loads of opportunities, benefits to support you, and a great work life balance.
Our caregivers come from diverse backgrounds and belief systems and you don’t need to be Catholic to work with us.

St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals are co-located in the same facility, and opened in 2015. The hospitals provide both public and private services for people living in Perth’s eastern suburbs and nearby regional areas. The hospital includes an Accident and Emergency Department, critical care unit, mental health unit, and maternity ward.