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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Advanced Trainee Neonatal Medicine, North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary
  • Classification - MDP2 - Medical Practitioner - $105,751 to $171,579 p.a (includes award salary, superannuation and any other monetary benefits)
• Full time - Term Contract 

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Neonatal Medicine team as an Advanced Trainee, where you will be responsible for:

• Primarily providing clinical care for inpatients in Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care.  They will have the opportunity to develop management plans in consultation with the Neonatal Consultant, lead ward round and participate on the on-call roster with consultant support.
• Providing clinical care for neonatal outpatients with consultant supervision and have the opportunity to attend neurodevelopmental follow up clinic.
• Supervising and actively participating in teaching programs for junior staff.
• Striving to improve health outcomes by reviewing evidence-based medicine and performing clinically meaningful research.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) or equivalent,
• Registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with General Registration
• Completed RACP Basic Training requirements and progress to Advanced Training.
• Clinical experience and competence in the practice of neonatal medicine.
• Ability to work as an effective team member in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and other staff
• Ability to work under stressful conditions and/or high workloads
• Problem solving and decision-making skills (both clinical and individual)

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year. Click here more information
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Dr Michael Stark, Medical Unit Head, Neonatology Unit

E-mail: michael.stark@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 4/7/2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

MDP2 - Advanced Trainee Neonatal Medicine - Role Description - 902304.pdf