SA HEALTH

Job reference: 892465
Location: 5006 - NORTH ADELAIDE
Job status: Long Term Contract

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Surgical Services - Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary
• Classification - MD2 - Consultant / Senior Consultant - $365,798 to $619,164 (Subject to Private Practice Arrangements)
• Part Time - Term Contract (temporary up to 30 Aug 2026)

ABOUT US

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Surgical Services team as a Orthopaedic Surgery Medical Consultant, where you will be responsible for:

• Providing effective and efficient medical services within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Delivering medical care to public and private inpatients and outpatients
• Developing education and research portfolios within the department
• Encouraging and supporting teamwork among staff for optimal clinical outcomes
• Focusing on General Paediatric Orthopaedic (non-Spinal) condition

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent
• Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration; or another qualification as defined in the SA Health Visiting Medical Specialists Enterprise Agreement 2017 (or its successor)
• Extensive knowledge and clinical experience in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Demonstrated commitment to providing a quality service to the patient.
• Skill in problem solving and decision making at an organisational and individual level
• Experience with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs
• Knowledge of administrative policies and practices of a large public hospita