SPECIALIST ANAESTHETIST, Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton, Victoria
Option of salaried specialist or Visiting Medical Officer appointment
Possible part-time appointment at The University of Melbourne's Rural Clinical School
Rapidly growing rural city and regional centre 180 km north of Melbourne on major highway
Goulburn Valley Health is seeking to appoint a Specialist Anaesthetist to join its existing team of six Specialist Anaesthetists. The position could be for a salaried specialist or Visiting Medical Officer.
Goulburn Valley Health (GVH), incorporating the Goulburn Valley Base Hospital in Shepparton, is a 280-bed multi-campus facility providing a broad range of hospital and community-based health services to the region. Goulburn Valley Base Hospital is a modern teaching hospital affiliated with The University of Melbourne. It is the regional referral hospital for the Hume Region.
Servicing a sub-regional population of some 160,000, the Hospital is the designated referral centre and trauma service for central and northern Victoria. It has 210 acute beds, including an eight-bed critical care unit, and a 20-bed rehabilitation unit. Its facilities include three operating theatres, a day procedure unit, an endoscopy suite, a state of the art simulation centre and an excellent library. There is a well-equipped electrodiagnostic unit, together with excellent medical imaging and pathology facilities on site. Last year GVH handled 25,000 admissions, 7,000 surgical procedures, 1,200 deliveries and more than 36,000 emergency presentations.
GVH’s senior medical staff includes five physicians, five general surgeons, six anaesthetists, five paediatricians, three obstetricians & gynaecologists, four orthopaedic surgeons and a urologist. All are resident locally. Further specialist support is available from visiting surgeons and physicians with a range of subspecialty interests.
The University of Melbourne’s Department of Rural Health, which takes fourth, fifth and sixth-year medical students, is co-located with the main Hospital campus. A part-time academic appointment would be available for a suitable applicant. GVH specialists participate in the teaching of medical students. Shepparton Private Hospital is located one kilometre from Goulburn Valley Health.
Applicants should have a primary medical qualification registered or registrable with the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria, Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (or postgraduate clinical training, qualifications and experience in Anaesthesia that would meet the College’s requirements for practising in this position) and appropriate experience at specialist level.
Remuneration is on a salaried employment or Visiting Medical Officer contract basis. Assistance with relocating is available.
Shepparton is a rapidly growing rural city and regional centre with a population of approximately 60,000. It is located 180 km north of Melbourne on a major highway. It is a major fruit growing and dairying area with a warm, dry climate. There are excellent sporting, cultural and retail facilities along with nearby regional attractions which include several wine growing regions, historic Murray River towns and the Victorian High Country and snowfields. There is an excellent range of private and public schools.
Background information may be found on mycareer.com.au Applications and enquiries should be directed in the first instance to Les McBride of Cleveland McBride Health Recruitment at:
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Mail: Suite 4, Level 4, 372 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
