Consultant/Specialist Anaesthetist – Tropical Northern Australia
Core
Provide high-quality specialist anaesthesia, acute pain management, regional anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, emergency and trauma surgery, high-risk obstetrics, and paediatric anaesthesia in a major tertiary teaching hospital serving regional and remote communities.
Role type
Specialist Consultant Anaesthetist
Builds
Complex specialist surgical and critical care services for regional, remote, and culturally diverse populations
Domain
Healthcare / Anaesthesiology / Critical Care
Required skills
Anaesthesia, Acute pain management, Regional anaesthesia, Perioperative medicine, Emergency and trauma surgery, High-risk obstetrics, Paediatric anaesthesia, Diagnostic and interventional procedures
Preferred skills
Teaching, Clinical governance, Service development, Research, Quality and safety, Sustainability, Staff wellbeing
Technologies
ECMO, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit systems
Responsibilities
Manage a varied and challenging caseload including significant emergency and trauma activity, complex obstetrics, and paediatric work; participate in education of trainees; contribute to clinical governance and service development.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC