Palliative Care Physician
Core
Provide specialist palliative medical support and clinical leadership to outpatient, community, and inpatient palliative care services.
Role type
Specialist Palliative Care Physician (Consultant)
Builds
Clinical care for patients across inpatient units, community settings, and primary care referrals
Domain
Healthcare / Palliative Medicine
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Specialist palliative care clinical expertise, multi-disciplinary team collaboration, clinical supervision and mentoring, evidence-based practice implementation, after-hours and weekend rostering, home-based community consultations
Preferred skills
Quality improvement leadership, innovation in care delivery, teaching and inspiring medical trainees
Technologies
MBS outpatient clinic models, early access care models
Responsibilities
Run specialist outpatient clinics, assume clinical responsibility for inpatient and community patients, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, set standards for compassionate care, supervise junior staff, participate in after-hours rosters, provide home consultations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties
