Title:  Orthopaedic Surgeon

Orthopaedic Surgeon

• Part Time | Fractional | Fixed term
• Based in Blackburn
• Generous salary + Super + Salary Packaging

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 and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the Role

• An exciting opportunity exists for you to join our Eastern Health Orthopaedic Surgery Team. The consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon will work in partnership with the unit to ensure that the services provided to the community are of the highest standards, emphasizing excellence, service and care. 
• The successful incumbent will be required to perform Elective and Emergency Orthopaedic Surgery throughout all sites at Eastern Health as well as participate in on-call roster.
• We are currently expanding our team and with opportunities available, we look forward to discussing your Orthopaedic career with you.

About you 
To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Must be a medical practitioner in the state of Victoria
• Current Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
• Post Graduate qualifications in Orthopaedics
• Must be a fellow of the Royal Australaisian College of Surgeons (RACS) or hold equivalent qualifications to enable recognition as a specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon.
• Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience
• A strong commitment to high quality care
• The ability to work as part of a diverse team
• Excellent communication and organisational skills

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.  An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application

Please click here for Position Description

Contact Person: Raphael Hau 

Contact Number: 03 83968738

Contact Email: raphael.hau@easternhealth.org.au

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]

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