Temporary Staff Specialist - Intensive Care Medicine

About the role

St Vincent's 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 Vincent's 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 Vincent's Health Australia Network Employee Assistance Program Work/Life balance The Department of Intensive Care is seeking a Specialist to join our dynamic and highly motivated team, dedicated to providing state-of-the-art care to both the local community and patients referred from across New South Wales and beyond. At St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, we strive to become the leading specialist intensive care unit in Australia for heart and lung disease, with a focus on cardio-pulmonary transplantation, mechanical cardiac support and extra-corporeal life support. We are constantly at the cutting edge of intensive care, through research, innovation, and collaboration. We endeavour to recruit and retain the highest quality staff, because it is through their skill and dedication that we as a department can continue to grow and develop. As well as slotting seamlessly into the complex clinical duties of the role and actively engaging in governance, education and research, the successful candidate will be expected to take the lead on the delivery of a newly established Critical Care Outreach Service. Applicants will be required to participate in on-call rotas, including critical care, extra-corporeal support (eg. ECMO) and patient retrieval. Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's: St Vincent's 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 Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) 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 Vincent's Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account. Selection Criteria: Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (FCICM) of Australia and New Zealand, or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialist's State Award, and a Medicare provider number. Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Intensive Care Medicine commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position: possess experience in the management of critically ill and post-operative patients, including cardiopulmonary transplant, mechanical cardiac assist devices and extra-corporeal life support. Significant experience in initiation and longitudinal management of extra-corporeal life support. Demonstrated commitment to multidisciplinary education, with experience and training in high-fidelity simulation and its delivery in a critical care setting. Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster innovation to create a learning culture, proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes. Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a multi-disciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient satisfaction and experience. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent's Health Australia For more information, please contact Dr Hergen Buscher- Head of ICU - hergen.buscher@svha.org.au For a copy