Palliative Care Specialist

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service


Date: 5 days ago
City: Toowoomba, Queensland
Contract type: Full time
Are you a compassionate and dedicated Palliative Care Specialist? Join our team at Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba to provide high-quality care to patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Lead a multidisciplinary team, embrace innovative practices, and utilize telehealth and home visits. Be a role model, mentor, and leader in clinical governance, education, and research. Apply now to make a meaningful impact in the lives of our patients and their families.

What Your Day Will Look Like….

As a Palliative Care Specialist, your day will be filled with meaningful interactions and impactful work. You'll lead outpatient clinics, conduct home visits, and utilize telehealth to reach patients in remote areas. Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, you'll provide comprehensive care, offer guidance, and support to your colleagues. Your responsibilities will include patient consultations, liaising with other units, and maintaining meticulous records. You'll also play a crucial role in clinical governance, organizing peer reviews, and ensuring the highest standards of care. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to mentor and educate the next generation of medical professionals, contributing to their growth and development. Each day, you'll make a difference in the lives of patients and their families, providing comfort and support during challenging times.

You will receive a competitive remuneration package value from $368,514 (L18) up to $460,349 (L27) comprising salary rates between $100.78 (L18) and $127.77 p.h. (L27), motor vehicle allowance, professional development allowance, professional development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., regional attraction allowance, professional indemnity cover and private practice arrangements. Superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) will be applied additionally to the total remuneration value.

Let's talk about you!

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

  • Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
  • Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
  • Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
  • Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
  • Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits!

  • Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
  • A diverse work culture
  • Career development
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Education opportunities, Study and Research
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Discounted Private Health Insurance
  • Fitness Passport
  • Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
  • Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

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