Title:  Chronic Pain Anaesthetist

Chronic Pain Anaesthetist 

• Fractional appointment | One day per week

• Blackburn Surgical Centre | Free onsite parking 

• New Women Health Outpatient Clinics 

Eastern Health 

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state-wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs. 

About the role 

We are seeking an enthusiastic and capable Chronic Pain Anaesthetist to join Women’s Health Clinic dedicated to supporting women through their health journey – including PCOS, PMS , perimenopause, menopause, pelvic pain, and long-term conditions like fibromyalgia and endometriosis. This is a clinic-based role with no operating theatre sessions. The focus is exclusively on outpatient chronic pain management. 

About you

To be successful in this role the following will be required of you: 

• Consistent demonstration of clinical competency. 

• To have the input from a pain management specialist or anaesthesiologist with a focus on pain management, contributing to a significant role in managing chronic pelvic pain in women. 

• To bring specialized expertise in administering various treatments that target the body's pain pathways, offering relief when conventional methods are insufficient especially in a variety of conditions such as endometriosis, pelvic floor dysfunction, chron ic bladder pain, fibroids, interstitial cystitis, and more. 

• Ensure adequate documentation, including documentation of perioperative assessments, anaesthesia consultations and interventions, discussions with patients/ relatives and the anaesthetic record. 

• Participate in the Women’s Health Clinic and Department of Genecology quality activities program, including audit activities, review of deaths and analysis of relevant clinical and key performance indicators (KPIs). 

• Punctuality and reliability in attendance. 

• Capacity to work across different hospital sites within Eastern Health. 

• Efficient work practices and awareness of the need to optimise patient access to surgical services. 

• Appropriate supervision of all junior anaesthetic medical staff at all times. 

• Appropriate medical documentation. 

• Undertaking of specific tasks under assigned portfolio/s for administrative work, audit, patient safety and clinical guideline development, teaching and research as allocated by the Clinical Director of Anaesthesia (EH) or his / her representative. 

• Professional representation of the department and hospital internally within Eastern Health and externally in the broader health system. 

Essential: 

• Must hold current medical registration with AHPRA. 

• Must have significant clinical experience and clinical research in Anaesthesia and other related fields. 

• Must hold a Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetist, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetist, Australia 

• Must be recognised by Medicare as a Specialist in Anaesthesia. 

Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment.