Senior Registrar or Fellow: Maternal and Fetal Medicine
- Queensland Health
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston QLD, Australia
Job Description
Purpose of the role
The purpose of this role is a training position in Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM). It is expected that the trainee would take part in all aspects of the MFM service at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, under the supervision of a specialist in MFM. In addition, active participation in quality assurance, continuing education, clinical teaching and research activities for the Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Maternity Services at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital is mandatory.
Context and Delegations
This role reports directly to the Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology Director, Women’s and Newborn services.
This role has a professional reporting line to Chief Medical Officer and Director Medical Services, RBWH.
This role will work directly with the Maternal Fetal Medicine Lead as well as other Obstetrics and Gynaecology consultants within the unit.
This role will work directly with other team members from administration, nursing, and medical streams.
Key Accountabilities
This successful applicant will carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health’s values:
Equitable coverage of the obstetrics after-hours roster (not night duty) in concordance with the clinical capability framework of the department and with the Medical Officers Certified Agreement.
The position incumbent will demonstrate sustained meritorious achievement in the areas of clinical excellence, major teaching initiatives and responsibilities and a significant level of contribution of fostering and promoting high standards in the provision of public health services.
The primary accountabilities are to patients, to provide medical services in accordance with the standards of the discipline and the ethics of the profession.
Ability to work as a team member, including demonstrated effective communication skills, and facilitation of effective team functioning.
Mandatory qualifications/professional registration/other requirements
Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
Certified copies of the required information must be provided with your application.
Acceptance onto the MFM training program is mandatory for an MFM trainee. Trainees working towards acceptance on training program may be considered.
Previous work experience in and knowledge of the functioning of a tertiary Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit in a metropolitan teaching hospital.
It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment (Health Employment Directive No. 01/16):
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
Varicella (chicken pox)
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Hepatitis B
Tuberculosis
It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against COVID-19 (Health Employment Directive No. 12/21 and Queensland Health Human Resources Policy B70.
Closing date 14th June 2023
How to apply:
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About Metro North Health
Delivering outstanding health services is just one of the ways that we care for our community. Our passion for people is reflected in the way we do our work and live our values every day. We value and nurture our team members so they can provide quality value-based care to our patients across our diverse organisation. Our focus on Value Based Healthcare means we expect our staff to deliver the care the patient needs, no more and no less, to achieve the best quality of life for our community. This passion fuels our collaborative culture of innovation and research.
We embrace the diversity of local and greater communities as we provide services to people throughout Queensland, northern New South Wales, and the Northern Territory, in all major health specialities including medicine, surgery, mental health, cancer care, trauma, women’s and newborn care, and more than 30 sub-specialities. Metro North Health services include rural, regional, and tertiary hospitals, and community and oral health services.
Our diverse Health Service provides a wide variety of rewarding career paths across our tertiary/quaternary referral hospitals, secondary hospitals, community health centres, residential and extended care facilities, and regional community hospitals. We expect our staff and volunteers to translate our values into action through providing high quality connected care that is relevant, efficient, and respectful of our patients’ needs and wishes. Our people are passionate about our community and patients, with a focus on putting people first. Come and work where people are at the centre of everything we do and your contribution is truly valued.
Please visit our website for additional information about Metro North Health. http://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/
Our Vision
Excellent healthcare, working together, strong and healthy communities.
Benefits of Working for Us
- Excellent clinical exposure.
- Generous leave entitlements; 1.6 weeks of professional development leave, examination leave, annual leave
- Professional Development Allowance or Vocational Training Allowance (upon receipt of evidence of vocational training).
- Salary Packaging.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Clinical research opportunities via University of Queensland and Queensland Institute of Medical Research.
- Easy access to transport with the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) bus station, Bowen Hills train station and the RBWH cycle centre.
- Facilities include an education centre, doctors’ common room, library, multiple food and retail outlets, childcare.
About Womens and Newborn Services
Our Vision
To hold paramount the women, babies and families within our care.
Purpose
To be a leader and centre of excellence in women’s and newborn healthcare through collaborative patient centred care, teaching, research, partnerships and innovation.
Women’s and Newborn Services (WNS) provide a wide range of primary, secondary and tertiary health care to women and babies in Queensland. Key clinical services and subspecialties/units provided by the service line include:
- Gynaecology
- Gynaecological Oncology
- Breast Health
- The RBWH Milk Bank
- Healthy Hearing
- Lactation Service
- Centre for Advanced Prenatal Care (CAPC)
- Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM)
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU)
- Obstetric Review Centre (ORC)
- Birth Suite/Centre models of care including Midwifery Group Practice/Team Midwifery
- Ngarrama Royal
- Private Practice Midwives (PPM)
- Obstetric – Cardiac Diseases in Pregnancy Service
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) Clinic
- Urogynaecology
- Paediatric Adolescent Gynaecology
- Women’s Day Therapy Unit
- The Queensland Trophoblastic Centre
- Continence Service
WNS is actively involved in the advancement in services in Research and Education and has a strong connection with multiple universities and training organisations in the provision of a tertiary service. The service line provides an accredited RANZCOG (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists) training program in obstetrics and gynaecology and FRACP in Neonatal/Perinatal Sub Committee Accreditation from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). The service line also provides an accredited RACP/SOMANZ training program in obstetric medicine.