Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospital provides high quality public and private services to people living in the east metropolitan and Wheatbelt regions. Midland is one of our busiest hospitals, with demand for public services consistently increasing every year, making it a dynamic and fast-paced environment to work in.

Your Role at St John of God Midland Public & Private Hospitals

You will be part of our Infectious diseases team and provide high quality care to both inpatients and outpatients, while also supporting infection prevention and control programs. You will mentor the junior staff through education and supervision all while being supported by some of Perth's best Medical Consultants.

We are offering a six-month contract starting in August 2025.

The Position

• Manages patient care under the direction/supervision of consultants and ensures a detailed history and physical examination and management plan are done for each presentation /admission and documents these findings in the medical records.
  
• Provide Infectious diseases and General Medicine consultations
  
• Support podiatry in the management of complex diabetic foot ulcer infections and complications
  
• Attend and manage patients in the Hospital in the Home Clinic
  
• Educational opportunities
  
• Responsible for setting up the remote link to the weekly joint Midland and Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) Infectious Disease clinical meetings
  
• Journal club - attend and present at the joint Midland/RPH Journal Club
  
• WAIDEM - attend and present at the monthly statewide case report presentations on Infectious diseases
  
• Provide clinical supervision and teaching to junior staff
  
• Contributes to all aspects of clinical care of patients who are admitted to hospital; commit to a team approach in the delivery of care, working closely with nursing staff, allied health professionals, members of pastoral care services, and other clinicians both onsite and offsite
  
• Lead or supervise documentation (minimum daily) of all relevant details of the patients' care while in hospital, admission history and examination, results of investigations, care plan, interdisciplinary consultation advice, follow-up plans
  
• Participate in emergency MER calls and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  
• Commitment to after-hours roster as directed

You will have registration with the Medical Board of Australia, and either be a Registrar or Senior Registrar currently in/or applying for the BPT program or eligible for advanced training.

You will have excellent communications skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

The Benefits

• Novated leasing
• work related expenses
• self-education and
• additional superannuation

• Salary: $120,492 to $185,418 per annum, plus 11.5 % superannuation
• Professional development allowance $ 00 to $15671.00 pro rata per Annum if part time
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Fixed-term Fulltime
• 3 weeks Professional Development Leave per annum
• Purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave.
• Paid Parental leave 14 weeks full pay/28 weeks half pay.
• Free Car parking.

* All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

For enquiries about this position, applicants should contact Samantha Haarsma, Department Secretary on (08) 9462 4464

Applications Close: 9 April 2025

Agency Applicaitons will not be accepted for this role.