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 provide anaesthetic services in general adult, paediatric and obstetric anaesthesia under the guidance of Department Consultants. Fixed term 12-month positions available from February 2026.

Anaesthetic Department

• 12 operating theatres
  
• On par to exceed 12,000 cases annually
  
• Excellent, varied case-mix providing a broad clinical experience, including paediatrics, obstetrics, general surgery, orthopaedics, plastics, urology, gynaecology, ENT, ophthalmology and gastroenterology.
  
• 12 bed ICU/HDU support
  
• 24 hour near site anaesthetic consultant after hours cover and 24-hour on-site registrar cover

Training Opportunities

• Opportunity to join an enthusiastic group of consultant's keen to build the structure and legacy of a first class service.
  
• Opportunity for process development and improvement within the department and the hospital
  
• Opportunity to progress to confident independent practice across multiple disciplines including paediatrics, obstetrics, upper GI, ENT and orthopaedics.
  
• Opportunity to get 12 months of accredited time from ANZCA.

The Position

• Actively involved in perioperative patient optimisation and post-operative follow up care
  
• Accept appropriate referrals both internal and external to the hospital, in accordance with the hospital's role delineation
  
• Participates in the preadmission clinic, its structure, resources and the education of medical and nursing staff involved.
  
• Contributes to the functioning of the acute pain service. Conducts daily acute pain rounds as per the departmental roster.
  
• Proportionately participates in the departmental after-hours roster including weekdays, weekends and public hospitals as required.
  
• Contributes to an orderly leave roster within the department to maintain service delivery
  
• Capable when required by the department to assume stewardship of the registrar rosters
  
• Ensures their practice is appropriately supervised according to their experience level and case complexity as outlined by ANZCA professional documents
  
• Participates in training and educational activities for anaesthetic registrars and other members of the workforce. Including crisis management scenarios and simulation activities. Available to assist in airway or resuscitation crises when called upon throughout the hospital

You will be eligible for registration as a medical practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA), with a keen interest in pursuing further training in Anaesthetics.

Desirable will be a demonstrated clinical and procedural experience in Anaesthetics and previous experience in Obstetric Anaesthesia, Epidural competency and ICU.

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 $164,513 per annum, plus 11.5 % superannuation
  
• Professional development allowance $10,969 per annum (pro rata for 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.

St John of God Health Care has recently been named as one of the top performing healthcare providers in Western Australia by the AMA Hospital Health Check report excelling in areas of morale, culture, terms, rosters and workloads, and access to leave.

* 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

For enquiries about this position, applicants should contact Dr Elsa La Roux, on (08) 9462 4482.

Applicaitons will close - 30 June 2025

Agency applications will not be accepted