Medicine

Published: 08/11/2024 - Expires: 08/12/2024 | ID: BH-22206

Consultant/Specialist Cardiologist - Northern Territory,

  • Salary Type: Salary package up to $360,000

The Role:
Seeking experienced Cardiologists to join the Department of Medicine.
The Cardiology Service goal is to provide patient centred care, delivering evidence based best practice for all the diverse and remote population.
This includes a strong focus on research with the opportunity for further postgraduate studies, including collaborative research opportunities through the Menzies School of Health Research. 

  • Tropical outdoor lifestyle
  • Change your lifestyle, grow your career, and make a real impact.
  • Enjoy an enviable laidback lifestyle with amazing weather, short commutes, spectacular displays of outback starry skies, and colourful tropical sunsets with friendly and inclusive people.
  • Salary package up to $360,000

Engagement with cultural orientation is essential for any interested applicant as well as the ability to work well in a team and engage patients of the diverse multicultural background.

Key duties are:

  • Contribute to regular Cardiology 1 week ward service and after hour on call.  Approximately 9 weeks per year.
  • Contribute to the Angiography / Intervention PCI service including on call PCI service.
  • Contribute to Pacemaker / ICD implantation and management.
  • Contribute to reporting echocardiograms, Exercise tests and Stress Echocardiograms
  • Regular public outpatient, telehealth and outreach Cardiology clinics. This includes providing clinical support to nominated remote communities.
  • Contribute to the supervision and teaching of Intern’s RMO’s and Registrar’s as well as contributing to Medical Student teaching.

The Hospital:
The Hospital has 360 beds, servicing a population of over 140,000 it is a diverse population including urban, regional, and remote centres, it is a teaching hospital and is co-located with the Private Hospital. A wide range of specialist services include Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Intensive Care and Coronary Care, acute medical and surgical, Rehabilitation, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Mental Health.
 
The Location:
This is your opportunity to work in a vibrant, tropical, cosmopolitan city with a population of 200,000, boasting excellent access to world heritage national parks in Kakadu, Litchfield and the Kimberly. The proximity of this City to Asia and the tropical lifestyle it boasts, in addition to the experience gained in the work environment does make it an exciting and fulfilling place to work.
 
If you are looking for a laid back and friendly lifestyle with an emphasis on outdoor leisure activities, particularly camping, bush walking, cycling, and fishing, this could be just what you have been waiting for.
 
Skills & Qualifications required:
AHPRA Specialist registration with FRACP in Cardiology. Consideration will be given to applicants IMGS specialists who are substantially comparable.

The Benefits:

  • City living without the traffic
  • Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
  • Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
  • Flexible working conditions
  • 11.5% Superannuation
  • VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates
  • Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval 

How do I Apply?
Please send your resume with a cover letter to Nicki Wade or contact Nicki Wade on 0401 010 048 to discuss your application.

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