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• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Cardiology
• Total Indicative Remuneration Package: $365,798 - $619,164 MD02 (pro rata) | 0.2 FTE – Contract available until May 2026

Reshape Cardiovascular Care: Cardiology Research Consultant Role

As a Cardiology Research Consultant, you will spearhead the oversight and management of patient-related clinical trials, ensuring exceptional care delivery through your clinical expertise and leadership within a multidisciplinary team. This pivotal role entails actively imparting knowledge to medical students, trainees, and allied healthcare professionals on clinical trial participation and performance. Additionally, you will contribute to continuous quality improvement efforts, encompassing clinical audits, risk management activities, research endeavours, and ongoing medical education initiatives.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Network Director for the Division of Medicine and the Network Director of the Cardiology Department, some of your duties as the Cardiology research consultant may involve: 

• Providing appropriate support, direction and training to trainee medical officers and medical students. 
• Providing appropriate specialist level care to patients.
• Contributing to an after-hours-on-call service in accordance with a roster agreed by the department director. 

About you:

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent. Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration; or another qualification as defined in the SA Medical Officers Award.
• Research Degree PhD or Masters.
• Experience in Clinical Research including managing clinical trials, patient recruitment, data handling, ethics process and GCP. 
• Experience with the supervision and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
• Extensive clinical experience relevant to work in cardiology to a high standard. 
• Demonstrated participation in approved continuing medical education since attaining specialist qualification.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Shaylee Bennett, A/Operations Manager, (08) 8404 2010, Shaylee.Bennett@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 18th May 2025

Attachments:

• 903014 Cardiology Research Consultant - Role Description.pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• Note: The Indicative Total Remuneration is inclusive of Award salary, Superannuation, and other monetary benefits.  We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 903014