Role Description Job ad reference: PA06125794 Role title: Senior Registrars or Registrars in Sleep Medicine Status: Three temporary full time positions (for 12 months from February 2015) (Future vacancies of a temporary, full time or part time nature may be accommodated within this role) Unit: Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Division of Medicine Health Service: Metro South Hospital and Health Service Location: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba (Metro South), The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside (Metro North), Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital, Herston (Metro North) shared with River City Private Hospital, Auchenflower Classification level: L10 - L13 or L4 - L9 Salary level: $121 784 $134 162 per annum (L10 L13) or $95 466 $110 686 per annum (L4 L9) Closing date: Monday, 28 July 2014 (Applications will remain current for 12 months) Please note: No third party applications will be accepted Contact: Princess Alexandra Hospital - Dr Craig Hukins (07) 3176 2698, The Prince Charles Hospital - Dr James Douglas (07) 3139 5786, Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital/River City Private Hospital - Dr Stephen Morrison (07) 3636 7631 Online applications: www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus or www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au If you are unable to apply online, please contact Recruitment Services on (07) 3176 4301 or recruitment_metrosouth@health.qld.gov.au Deliver application: Hand delivered applications will not be accepted Purpose of the Role To provide clinical care under supervision and acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to satisfy relevant specialist college and medical board requirements in order to practice as a specialist in Sleep Medicine. Your key responsibilities Fulfil the accountabilities and responsibilities of this role in accordance with the respective Hospital and Health Service purpose and objectives, as outlined below. Provide outpatient and inpatient care of patients with a variety of sleep disorders including clinical assessment of patients and determining appropriate investigation and appropriate management. Review and interpret sleep study data and use this information to plan the clinical management of patients with sleep disorders. Develop a high level of understanding of the Quality Assurance of a Sleep Laboratory, by direct involvement in Quality Assurance Programmes. Provide acute management of acute respiratory failure, including the provision of Non-invasive Ventilation. Role Description Date: August 2013
Plan and implement clinical education strategies and programs for Junior Medical Staff, Nursing Staff and Health Practitioners in the field of Sleep Medicine by providing educational in-services and contributing to the Educational Programme and Meetings. Engage in Clinical Research by developing and conducting ethical research projects and presenting this work at National Scientific Meetings. Ensure patients and other staff are treated fairly and with mutual respect and understanding, regardless of cultural, religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Lead and manage staff by fostering and committing to patient safety and quality in the delivery of health care by maintaining and evaluating safety and quality practices and initiatives. Qualifications/Professional registration/other requirements Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and registration or membership with the appropriate registration authority or association within Australia. Certified copies of the required information must be provided to the appropriate supervisor/manager, prior to the commencement of clinical duties. MB BS or equivalent qualification registrable with the Medical Board of Queensland. Successful completion of Part 1 Examinations of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is mandatory. The successful candidate must also have completed core advanced training approved by the RACP in Respiratory Medicine or Neurology. Other Internal Medicine streams can also undertake Advanced Training in Sleep Medicine after completion of core training in that field but require confirmation from the relevant Specialty Training Committee or Specialty Advisory Committee. Are you the right person for the job? You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following key attributes. Within the context of the responsibilities described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who can demonstrate the following: Key Attributes/Workplace Behaviours Patient Focus Provides patient care by demonstrating qualities of maturity, empathy and time management as well as communicating soundly with patients. Continuous Learning Develops own learning experience by seeking out opportunities to learn, attending learning programs and teaching others. Quality Focus Takes ownership of quality by actively identifying quality issues and addressing in an appropriate manner. Self Management Demonstrates sound time management and stress management skills. Team Focus Demonstrates a willingness to work as part of a multidisciplinary team by respecting team members, communicating openly and taking an interest in helping team members. Work Values Demonstrates honesty, integrity and respect for all patients, carers and staff. Clinical Knowledge Clinical skills in the area of Sleep Medicine How to apply Please provide the following information to the panel to assess your suitability: 1. A short written response (maximum 1-2 pages, dot points acceptable) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities would enable you to achieve the key attributes and responsibilities and meet the key skill requirements. 2. Your current CV or resume, including two referees. You must seek approval prior to nominating a person as a referee. Referees should have a thorough knowledge of your work performance and conduct, and one should be your current/immediate/past supervisor. By providing the names and contact details of your referee/s you consent for these people to be contacted by the selection panel. If you do not wish for a referee to be contacted, please indicate this on your resume and contact the selection panel chair to discuss. 3. Order of Preference Form. Indicate preferences for each of the three available positions on the last page of this document. Role Description Page 2 of 7
4. Application form (only required if not applying online). About the Hospital and Health Services Princess Alexandra Hospital (Metro South Health) Metro South Health is the largest Hospital and Health Service in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland s population. Metro South Health is situated in the South-East corner of Queensland from the Brisbane River in the north to the Redland City Council in the east, and to the Scenic Rim Shire down to the border of New South Wales in the south-west. It is the most culturally diverse area of Queensland with 28.5% of the community born overseas and 16% from non-english speaking countries. This health service does not include the Mater Hospitals. Clinical services provided within Metro South Health include: Princess Alexandra Hospital Logan Hospital Beaudesert Hospital QEII Hospital Redland Hospital Wynnum Health Service Centre Redland Residential Care Redland Renal Dialysis Unit Casuarina Lodge Marie Rose Centre (Dunwich) Community Health Services Oral Health Services Mental Health Services Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme Our Vision To be renowned worldwide for excellence in health care, teaching and research. Our Purpose Metro South s purpose is to deliver high quality health care through the most efficient and innovative use of available resources, using planning and evidence-based strategies. Our Objectives Improving services for patients. Implementing reform of the Queensland Health system in Metro South. Focusing resources on frontline services. Ensuring accountability and confidence in the health system. Unit Profile The Sleep Disorders Centre is a clinical unit of the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine and is the tertiary referral centre for the southern area of Queensland, servicing a population of approximately 1.7 million. The Sleep Disorders Centre is a NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) accredited 6-bed state of the art facility with co-located outpatient department. The Sleep Disorders Centre is the largest public sleep facility in Queensland. The service manages all forms of adult sleep disorders, both respiratory and non-respiratory. The service performs a full range of investigations including comprehensive (Type 1) diagnostic studies, CPAP titration studies, bi-level ventilation studies, Multiple Sleep Latency Tests, Maintenance of Wakefulness Tests and oesophageal pressure monitoring. The service also performs simplified sleep studies (Type 3 and Type 4) and actigraphy. There is ample outpatient clinical experience in the management of sleep disorders. There is also a strong focus on clinical research and the successful applicant would be expected to participate in the unit s ongoing research activity and be encouraged to develop their own research projects. The Sleep Medicine Registrar would also assist in the well-equipped Respiratory High Dependency Unit, with exposure to non-invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure, and the management of chronic ventilation in the Spinal Injuries Unit. There is also participation in a multi-disciplinary Motor Neurone Clinic. Role Description Page 3 of 7
The hospital is equipped with a respiratory laboratory which performs complex physiological tests and involvement in the reporting of these tests is part of this role. The Sleep Medicine Registrar also has the opportunity to perform respiratory procedures in a dedicated Day Procedural Unit which include bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, Endobronchial Ultrasound and pleural procedures. There is high level of supervision with 6 sleep physicians on staff. The position would be ideal for a senior registrar in Respiratory Medicine or Neurology wishing to attain Sleep Physician accreditation. Organisational Structure The organisational chart is available at http://qheps.health.qld.gov.au/metrosouth/about/structure.htm Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital (Metro North Health) The Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital is a 987 bed general, tertiary referral teaching hospital with a number of specialities including Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Psychiatry, Oncology, Trauma and Women s and Newborn Services. The Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital is the largest tertiary referral hospital in Queensland. The hospital fulfils a significant teaching and research role with links to Queensland s major tertiary institutions. Located at Herston, the Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital shares the Herston Campus with the Royal Children s Hospital, the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical research and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. The Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital is committed to best practice and continuous quality improvement. The Service encourages staff to take advantage of appropriate training and development opportunities offered through: Undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education for medical and health professionals Clinical practice programs, postgraduate, and professional development courses for nurses An extensive range of educational programs covering workplace skills, professional and personal development and contemporary management programs. The Sleep Disorders Unit at RBWH is a part of the Department of Thoracic Medicine and is a tertiary referral centre for central and southern Queensland. The unit is a 2-bed state of the art facility with co-located outpatient department, with the potential to expand to 4 beds. The service manages all forms of adult sleep disorders, both respiratory and non-respiratory, and is supported by a CPAP educational and support programme staffed by sleep scientists and nurses. GenesisSleepCare is a NATA/ASA accredited private facility with 39 sleep beds over multiple centres throughout Queensland and Darwin, and performs comparable services. These services include comprehensive in-laboratory diagnostic polysomnography, portable unattended polysomnography, CPAP titration studies, bi-level ventilation studies, multiple sleep latency tests and maintenance of wakefulness tests. The headquarters of GenesisSleepCare are at RiverCity Private Hospital in Milton. There is ample outpatient clinical experience in the management of sleep disorders and the average numbers of sleep studies performed is in excess of 500 per month. There is also a focus on clinical research and the successful applicant would be expected to participate in the existing ongoing research activities and be encouraged to develop his or her own research project(s). Both facilities are associated with pulmonary function laboratories which perform complex physiological tests. There is high level of supervision with 12 sleep physicians in total. The sleep fellow will spend 60% of the working week at RBWH and 40% at GenesisSleepCare. The position would be ideal for a senior registrar wishing to attain Sleep Physician accreditation. Role Description Page 4 of 7
The Prince Charles Hospital (Metro North Health) The Prince Charles Hospital is part of the Metro-North Health Service District. The district provides the full range of health services including rural, regional and tertiary teaching hospitals. The District covers an area of 4157 square kilometres and extends from the Brisbane River to north of Kilcoy. The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) is the major tertiary level cardiothoracic referral hospital for Queensland, the largest such unit in Australia, and one of the largest services of its type in the world The Sleep Disorders Centre is a clinical unit of unit of the Thoracic Program. The Centre is a tertiary referral centre for the Metro North Health Service District. The Thoracic Program at the Prince Charles Hospital also hosts the state-wide services of Lung Transplantation and Cystic Fibrosis. Additional information on the District is available on QHEPS site via www.health.qld.gov.au The Sleep Disorders Centre is an ASA accredited 6-bed state-of- the-art facility. All forms of adult sleep disorders, both respiratory and non-respiratory are managed by the service. The service has a strong focus in the management of chronic respiratory failure. The service performs a full range of investigations including comprehensive (Type 1) diagnostic studies, CPAP titration studies, bilevel ventilation studies, Multiple Sleep Latency Tests and, Maintenance of Wakefulness Tests. The service also undertakes and Actigraphy and simplified sleep studies (Type III & IV studies). An insomnia service with support from a psychologist and psychiatrist forms part of the Sleep Disorders Centre has been established this year. There is a wide range of outpatient clinical experience in the management of sleep disorders utilising a multidisciplinary approach. A multidisciplinary motor neurone disease service with input from neurology, palliative care and sleep medicine specialists has been running for a number of years. There is a new 6 bed close observation unit in the adjoining respiratory ward which was opened in 2013. This caters for high acuity respiratory patients including those requiring acute non invasive ventilation. Clinical research is strongly encouraged and the successful applicant would be expected to participate in the unit s ongoing research activity. The hospital is equipped with a respiratory laboratory which performs complex physiological tests. There is high level of supervision with six sleep physicians on staff. The position would be ideal for a senior registrar in Respiratory Medicine or Neurology wishing to attain Sleep Physician accreditation. Pre-employment screening Pre-employment screening, including criminal history and discipline history checks, may be undertaken on persons recommended for employment. The recommended applicant will be required to disclose any serious disciplinary action taken against them in public sector employment. In addition, any factors which could prevent the recommended applicant complying with the requirements of the role are to be declared. Roles providing health, counselling and support services mainly to children will require a Blue Card. Please refer to the Information Package for Applicants for details of employment screening and other employment requirements. Health professional roles involving delivery of health services to children and youth All relevant health professional (including registered nurses and medical officers) who in the course of their duties formulate a reasonable suspicion that a child or youth has been abused or neglected in their home/community environment, have a legislative and a duty of care obligation to immediately report such concerns to Child Safety Services, Department of Communities. Role Description Page 5 of 7
All relevant health professional are also responsible for the maintenance of their level of capability in the provision of health care and their reporting obligations in this regard. Salary Packaging To confirm your eligibility for the Public Hospital Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) Exemption Cap please contact the Queensland Health Salary Packaging Bureau Service Provider - RemServ via telephone 1300 30 40 10 or http://www.remserv.com.au. Disclosure of Previous Employment as a Lobbyist Applicants will be required to give a statement of their employment as a lobbyist within one (1) month of taking up the appointment. Details are available at http://www.psc.qld.gov.au/library/document/policy/lobbyist-disclosure-policy.pdf Probation Employees who are permanently appointed to Queensland Health may be required to undertake a period of probation appropriate to the appointment. For further information, refer to Probation HR Policy B2 http://www.health.qld.gov.au/qhpolicy/docs/pol/qh-pol-197.pdf Role Description Page 6 of 7
ORDER OF PREFERENCE Senior Registrar or Registrar in Sleep Medicine 2015 Complete and return this form with the application. Name: Please rank the order of preferred facility from 1 (most preferred facility) to 3 (least preferred facility). Leave blank if you are not prepared to accept a position at this facility. Where there are equal preferences between sites, the same number can be used (for example, if there is no specific preference, enter 1 as Order of Preference against ALL facilities) Facility Princess Alexandra Hospital Royal Brisbane and Women s/river City Hospitals The Prince Charles Hospital Order of Preference (1-3) Role Description Page 7 of 7