Staff Specialist - Paediatrician - Wagga Wagga Base Hospital - [Archived Advertisement]

Staff Specialist - Paediatrics
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
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The Local Health District
Murrumbidgee LHD covers almost 125,243km2. We provide public health services to approximately 243,228 people across the Riverina, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and the South Western Slopes of NSW.

As the largest employer in the region, we have over 5000 healthcare staff working across 33 hospitals and 12 primary healthcare centres. We're supported by hundreds of volunteers who make an invaluable contribution to enriching the lives of people in our care.

Wagga Wagga Health Service provides services including critical care, medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric, and rehabilitation care. We also provide mental health and community health services. We work with a team of specialists which include cardiovascular, gastroenterology, renal medicine, obstetrics, orthopaedics, psychiatry and paediatrics.

There is also the provision of a full range of allied health and support services such as oral health, physiotheraphy, occupational therapy, sexual health and violence prevention and response services.

Learn more about the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital here.

What you'll be doing

Provide contemporary comprehensive Paediatric specialist services for optimal patient outcomes, while providing support and training to clinicians across multiple disciplines to achieve quality education and safe clinical practice.

Need more information?
 1) Click here for the Position Description
For role related queries or questions contact Clinical Director - Paediatrics, Dr John Preddy on john.preddy@health.nsw.gov.au

Selection Criteria

1. Holds unconditional registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist Paediatrician.
2. Demonstrated recent clinical experience in Paediatrics at the role delineation of the service.
3. Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team.
4. Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
5. Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, research and quality improvement.
6. Availability to participate in an on-call roster and to respond on site within a reasonable time.
7. Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and MLHD Values, goals and strategies.