- Attractive, prosperous and safe city with excellent schools - just a 1 hour 30 minute drive to Melbourne’s CBD.
- 76-hour fortnight with a package up to $470k p.a. including relevant allowances, depending on years of experience as a specialist.
- Full support for overseas-trained Consultant Anaesthetists, including relocation assistance and RACS requirements.
This major health service serves a city and its surrounding regions, covering 37,000 square km with a catchment population of over 250,000 people. The flagship facility is a world-class major hospital. The city itself is modern, prosperous, and safe, with one of Victoria’s leading independent schools. It is just a 1 hour 30 minute drive to Melbourne, easy to get around, and offers excellent and affordable housing options compared to Melbourne’s property market.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon to join a large regional tertiary referral hospital. The role offers a rewarding and stimulating career path, combining clinical work with teaching and the ongoing education and professional development of junior clinical staff and advanced trainees.
In this position, you will provide comprehensive clinical care to patients while also playing a key role in developing and expanding plastic and reconstructive services, including research within the department. The role includes outpatient clinics as well as scheduled fee-for-service (FFS) operating lists.
Applications are welcome from surgeons interested in 1.0 FTE (FRACS or equivalent) or part-time appointments (FRACS only).
Long term, this opportunity offers excellent career prospects, being on Melbourne’s doorstep with strong professional (public and private) and academic affiliations.
Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Providing best-practice surgical care to all patients
- Promoting and maintaining a strong customer-focused ethos and a sense of pride and purpose within the service
- Providing clinical leadership, supervision, and teaching for junior medical staff and others
- Maximising liaison skills to ensure effective interaction and service integration with other relevant services
- Initiating and participating in clinical governance activities
Selection criteria:
- FRACS or equivalent (if equivalent, surgeons must meet RACS substantial comparability requirements)
- SIMG surgeons already assessed by RACS will be highly regarded
- Demonstrated expert clinical ability commensurate with that of a specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, teach, and mentor junior medical staff
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and teamwork skills
To discover more about this location, the role, and our services—and for a free, non-obligatory assessment of your eligibility to work in Australia—please contact Alasdair on +44 7414531583 or alasdair@spinnermedical.com
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