Consultant (Aged Care and Rehabilitation) - Midland Public
Core
Deliver high-quality, patient-centred geriatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for older people in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Role type
Senior Consultant Geriatrician (Clinical Lead & Educator)
Builds
Inpatient geriatric services, outpatient care pathways, and multidisciplinary care coordination
Domain
Healthcare / Geriatrics / Rehabilitation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Geriatric medicine, acute care, day hospital management, outpatient services, rehabilitation, restorative care, clinical leadership, multidisciplinary team coordination, medical education, supervision of junior staff, discharge planning, indigenous health awareness
Preferred skills
Research activities, continuous improvement, service development
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide inpatient geriatric services within scope of practice; Review patients with doctors in training focusing on quality of care and discharge planning; Manage outpatient referrals to facilitate return to primary care; Coordinate multidisciplinary care with patients, carers, and clinical staff; Undertake clinical shifts including on-call, after-hours, and weekend rosters; Accept internal and external referrals; Lead education and monitoring of doctors in training; Apply awareness of indigenous customs in patient care
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities