Palliative Care Staff Specialist / Senior Staff Specialist

‘Creating exceptional health care together.’

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Palliative Care Staff Specialist / Senior Staff Specialist

Employment Type: Permanent, Part-time (0.8FTE)
Classification: Staff Specialist / Senior Staff Specialist
Salary: $204,936 - $274,696 (pa) Pro-rata for part time FTE
Location: Clare Holland House, Barton ACT
Section: Palliative Care
Closing Date: 23 November 2026

What can we offer you:

- City living without the traffic
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
- Visa sponsorship for eligible candidates
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates up to $55,000 (subject to review and approval)

Potential total package value of $351,226 to $460,646 (Inclusive of additional incentives and allowances) dependent on the level of experience and participation.

Indicative Base Package inclusive of:

- Base Salary $204,936 to $274,696
- Superannuation (12.5%)
- Career development allowances
- On-call allowance 17.5%
- Generous leave provisions, including up to 4 weeks training/education leave and up to five weeks annual leave per annum
- Annual Leave Loading 17.5%

Note: Starting base salary will be negotiated within this classification for the successful candidate, depending on experience and expertise.

About the role:

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available at: ACTPS Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement 2023 - 2026

North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce)



and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS).

The Specialist Palliative Care Service at Clare Holland House (CHH) provides Tertiary Level Palliative Care to the people of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding district. This service is offered through several arms including:

- 27 bed Specialist Palliative Care Inpatient Unit
- Community Specialist Palliate Care Service (CSPCS)
- Home Based Palliative Care (HBPC)
- Palliative Care Specialist Outpatient Clinics
- Residential Aged Palliative Care Medical and Nursing Consultancy
- Participation in palliative care support to external multidisciplinary speciality clinics as required (e.g. Motor Neurone Disease, Renal Supportive Care, Winnunga Aboriginal Health)
- Acute Hospital Consultancy Service at Canberra Hospitals (public hospitals)
- North Canberra Hospital Palliative Care Research Unit

This Palliative Care Staff Specialist position will be responsible for providing high-quality patient clinical care and leadership, working within the various arms of this service, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team at Clare Holland House. It also plays a pivotal role in providing advice, support and education to the family and carers, and to the people referred to the service for support. This position is required to provide on-call and after-hours support to ensure clients and their family are supported during end-of-life care.

Clare Holland House is a fully accredited service with RACP/Chapter of Palliative Medicine and currently provides multiple advance trainee registrar positions. Rotations in the Inpatient Unit, Community Service and with the Acute Hospital Consultancy Service at CHHS are fully accredited. Additionally, the service is accredited as a training post for the Clinical Foundation in Palliative Medicine and as a Special Skills rotation as part of FRACGP training.

Palliative Care Staff Specialist roles predominantly focus on providing either inpatient or community support as described below. A 1FTE staff specialist is generally expected to provide the following minimal clinical requirements:

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📌 Palliative Care Staff Specialist (Canberra)
🏢 Act Health
📍 Canberra