• 12 month temporary full time contract - 03/08/2020 - 31/07/2021 within the Department of Anaesthesia, Peri-operative & Pain Medicine, Barwon Health, Geelong
• Continue to develop your own professional knowledge and skills
• Ongoing training and professional development life

About the facility

Barwon health is the major regional health provider for the Barwon South West region. It is Victoria’s largest regional health service with one of the busiest hospitals in the state, University Hospital. We serve over 500,000 people through the efforts of over 7,000 staff and more than 1000 volunteers. We provide care at all stages or life and circumstance through a wide range of services from emergency and acute to mental health, primary care, community services, aged care, and subacute/rehabilitation. Care is provided to the community through over 23 key locations throughout the region.

About the role

The Pain Management Unit [PMU] at University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, is recognised as a Tier 1 unit for training by the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists [FPMANZCA]. The unit maintains a commitment to excellence in multidisciplinary pain management with a focus on preparing senior trainees for consultant practice. This position will be suitable for trainees entering their first year of training "Core Development Stage" or second year of training “Professional Development Stage". Proof of registration with The Pain Medicine Training Program of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, NO LATER than 30/04/2020, is a mandatory requirement.

Note: for Professional Development Stage Candidates, a practice development proposal must be submitted to the Faculty assessor NO LESS than eight weeks prior to commencement of the practice development year.

Note: training regulations and important dates can change. For additional information on the FPM curriculum and training program, please access the Faculty website at www.fpm.anzca.edu.au. Inquiries can be directed to painmed@anzca.edu.au. 

Applications will only be accepted via the Barwon Health application portal [https://barwon.mercury.com.au/]. Applications made by other means such as via email, fax or recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

About the culture

We believe that working at Barwon Health is joining a culture where people strive to work to the full extent of their qualification, capability and experience with a working environment that enables this to happen.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club

At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.