• Be part of our supportive, innovative and flexible team environment
• Great location at the Geelong Hospital - central to Geelong's CBD
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment

About the facility 

The Barwon Health ICU is a 24-bed ICU, providing tertiary critical care services to the Barwon South Western region. The ICU cares for medical, surgical, and cardiothoracic adults, as well as collaborative programs to care for adult ECMO and critically ill children. The ICU unit supplies a central vascular access and critical care echocardiography service to Barwon Health. The ICU is actively involved in clinical research, critical care education for Deakin School of Medicine, and education and training of junior doctors and nurses. 

About the role 

As the Staff Specialist you will be required to provide high quality and appropriate care in the Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health.

Duties of the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing inpatient critical care services for both public and private patients.
• The delivery of safe, effective and efficient care in the Intensive Care Unit
• Ensuring that patients admitted to your care (or their guardians) are appropriately and as fully informed as possible of their medical condition and the planned treatment they will receive and, in particular, given adequate information to allow the patients to make informed decisions regarding treatment choices
• Providing inpatient critical care services for both public and private patients.

About the culture

Our staff thrive in a challenging environment, get enjoyment from being part of a highly recognised and skilled team and truly believe they have the opportunities to be their best.  Most importantly our dedicated staff live the Barwon Health way with our values under pinning all that we do 

Diversity and Inclusion

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.