Fellow - Pain Management

Job Description:

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Monday to Friday role only. No on-call/weekend/Night shifts
• 6-month or 12-month positions will be considered
• Eligibility for registration as a trainee with the Faculty of Pain Medicine

About the Role

You will be responsible for the day-to-day clinical management of patients under the care & direction of the Pain Medicine Consultants at the Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM) to ensure a high quality of patient care. You will co-manage outpatients & inpatients, including patients with acute and cancer related pain. You will liaise with parent units and other related specialties and coordination of care plans. The position will enable you to learn appropriate management of patients with simple and complex pain issues in an interdisciplinary setting.

• Work collaboratively with the BWCPM Medical Specialists to provide comprehensive assessment and management of those with persistent pain
• Provide a specialist pain consultation service for inpatient teams
• Involvement in interventional pain procedures and audit of clinical outcomes for this group
• Familiarity with the Faculty of Pain Medicine Training program and compliance with its requirements for training which include 3 monthly in-training assessments
• Maintain and document accurate activity statistics according to BWCPM funding model
• Monday - Friday role only. No on-call/weekend/night shifts

Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12 per annum, pro rata for part-time)

What You will Bring

• Bachelor Medicine, Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
• Completion or near completion of an Australian Postgraduate Medical Fellowship.
• Eligibility for registration as a trainee with the Facility of Pain Medicine
• Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain

About Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM)

BWCPM is located at St Vincent’s Hospital (SVHM) and is predominantly an ambulatory (outpatient) inter-disciplinary service that provides assessment, treatment and consultation for patients with persistent pain. The service comprises specialist pain clinicians (Pain Medicine Physicians, Pain Medicine trainees, Psychiatrist, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Clinical Nurse Consultants, Allied Health Assistant and Research Assistant) working as an integrated team to address the medical, physical and psycho-social factors contributing to the persistence of pain and its consequent disability.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.

We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds, including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages, cultures, and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.

Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
• Located in Fitzroy with CBD, close to Public Transport and car parks
• Available Trams for our Fitzroy Campus – 11, 12, 109, 86, 96
• Fitzroy Main building only 500m from Parliament Station
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
• Talk to me application - facilitate better conversations with patients and residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

Pre-employment checks

• Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

How to Apply

To apply, click the 'Apply' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile

Please upload your resume, cover letter, addressed to Dr Harry Eeman, Clinical Director – Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations(including flu vaccinations).

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.

Please locate a copy of the Position Description on our careers site. If you have any issues, please contact [email protected] and include the JRnumber.

Closing Date:

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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