Consultant (Aged Care and Rehabilitation) - Midland Public

Your role at St John of God Midland Public Hospital

You will be a dedicated and experienced Consultant Geriatrician working as part of our multidisciplinary clinical team. In this role, you will provide high-quality medical care to older patients across both inpatient and outpatient settings, within your defined scope of practice.

As a senior clinician, you will play a key leadership role in supporting the medical team by promoting a culture of quality and safety and contributing to continuous service improvement. You will also be actively involved in the education, supervision, and professional development of junior doctors and other healthcare staff, working collaboratively with fellow consultants and the Head of Department.

This is an excellent permanent part-time opportunity (0.8 FTE), offering the chance to combine clinical expertise with leadership and teaching while helping to shape geriatric services and deliver patient-centred care to a growing and diverse community.

The Position

• Provide inpatient geriatric services at the hospital as defined by scope of practice for SJGHC Midland Hospital.

• Provide outpatient geriatric services as required by the Head of Department.

• Undertake clinical shifts as agreed with the Head of Department, including participation in the on-call, after-hours and weekend roster.

• Accept appropriate referrals both internal and external to the hospital, in accordance with the hospital’s role delineation.

• Take a leadership role in education and monitoring of doctors in training.

• Ensure clinical review and assessment of patients within 24 hours of their admission to the hospital under your care or when you are on call.

• Awareness of indigenous customs and community expectations in considering how best to look after, admit or discharge indigenous patients.

• Regular review of patients, together with doctors in training with a focus on quality of care and discharge planning, ensuring that the medical record is accurately updated after each review.

• Clinical review and management of patients referred to hospital outpatient services, with a focus on returning the patient to the care of their GP or primary care provider at the earliest opportunity.

• Support and liaison with patients and their careers, together with other clinical staff and health care providers, to provide coordinated multidisciplinary care.

You will hold Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and have appropriate training and experience across acute care, day hospital and outpatient services, as well as rehabilitation and restorative care.

You will demonstrate the ability to effectively lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, along with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality care at both an individual and service level. Current knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements—including Equal Opportunity, Disability Services and Occupational Safety and Health—and an understanding of how these impact employment, people management and service delivery are essential.

Experience in research activities will be highly regarded, as will a demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer

• Highly competitive salary & conditions ($356,343 - $468,883) plus 12% superannuation per annum, pro rata for part time)

• Welcoming and supportive culture

• Permanent Part-time

• Professional Development Allowance $32,157 per annum pro rata for part time

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• Flexible work options.

• Free Car-parking.

• Program (EAP)

Applications will be reviewed throughout the advertising period and interviews conducted regularly – so apply today!

For enquiries about this position, applicants should contact

• Amanda Boudville, Head of Department on (08) 9462 4487

• Karen Buxton, Department Secretary on (08) 9462 4487

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered

Applications Close: 24 July 2026

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.