Job Description:

Position Title: Staff Specialist – Rehabilitation -Non-Admitted Care and Griffith Base Hospital
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time for 3 months
Hours per week: 16 hours per week
Position Grade: Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Rehabilitation
About us:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff

• Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs

• Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields

• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network

• Employee Assistance Program

• Work/Life balance

Position Summary:

Provision of clinical services to patients designated as under your direct care, to outpatients and to patients you are asked to consult in Rehabilitation Medicine, including:

• The staff specialist will visit Griffith Base Hospital 0.2 FTE/week on a FIFO basis and continue to support this service at other times (within reasonable expectations). Services provided including consultation advice for patients referred for Rehabilitation care and one Rehabilitation Clinic per week.

• The staff specialist will be the principal medical point of contact for Griffith Base Hospital patients under the Rehabilitation program and any medical officers, nursing team members or allied health involved with the patient’s care.

• The Staff Specialist will provide Non-Admitted care services 0.2 FTE/week at the instruction of the Director of the department – this is to include the Prosthetic Service.

• The staff specialist will be the Acting Director of the amputee and prosthetic service at SVHS. This is to include pre-amputation counselling, in-patient care and prescription of prosthetics as well as the medical lead for the monthly prosthetic clinic.

• Assessing patients and developing goal oriented management plans, in conjunction with patients/carers and appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team, which specify type and intensity of therapeutic input and timed and measurable outcomes;

• Improving outcomes, minimising overall lengths of stay and facilitating the provision of best possible clinical care.

• Participate in teaching and research duties;

• Participate in the on-call roster for the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

• Supervision of the Rehabilitation Medicine Registrars attached to the service;

• Participation in peer review, and case review meetings, as well as all academic and teaching meeting within the Department of Rehabilitation;

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.

• Must hold a fellowship of the faculty of rehabilitation medicine and current registration with AHPRA

• Hold a current unrestricted drivers licence  

• Understand the complexities and challenges of providing rural healthcare and be willing to undertake a FIFO role

• Knowledge of, and relevant clinical experience and expertise in adult rehabilitation with an emphasis on trauma rehabilitation, amputee care, brain injury and orthopaedic care.  

• Demonstrate strategic thinking and leadership qualities, with experience in management, supervision and staff support of a team.

• Expertise in the management of complex Rehabilitation clients with demonstrated use of evidence based practice in relation to clinical practice

• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to lead and work within and lead a multi-disciplinary team

• Experience and expertise in development of learning resources for rehabilitation clients.

For more information, contact Dr Simon Mosalski, Head of Department - [email protected]

The closing date for applications is 29 July 2025

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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