Consultant (Aged Care and Rehabilitation) - Midland Public

Welcome to St John of God Health Care St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programmes. As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring recent services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing. St John of God Midland Public Hospital provides high quality public and private services to people living in the east metropolitan and Wheatbelt regions. Midland is one of our busiest hospitals, with demand for public services consistently increasing every year, making it a dynamic and fast-paced environment to work in.

Your role

As a dedicated and experienced Consultant Geriatrician, you will join our multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to older people across both inpatient and outpatient settings. Working within your scope of clinical practice, you will play an integral role in providing comprehensive geriatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for a diverse patient population.

As a senior member of the medical workforce, you will provide clinical leadership, foster a culture of quality and safety,



and contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of geriatric services. You will work collaboratively with fellow consultants, multidisciplinary colleagues, and the Head of Department, while supporting the supervision, education, and professional development of junior medical staff and other healthcare professionals.

This is an outstanding permanent part-time opportunity (0.8 FTE) offering the chance to combine clinical excellence with leadership, teaching, and service development, while making a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of older people within a growing and vibrant community.

The Position

- Provide inpatient geriatric services at the hospital as defined by scope of practice for SJGHC Midland Hospital.
- Regular review of patients, together with doctors in training with a focus on quality of care and discharge planning, ensuring that the medical record is accurately updated after each review.
- Clinical review and management of patients referred to hospital outpatient services, with a focus on returning the patient to the care of their GP or primary care provider at the earliest opportunity.
- Support and liaison with patients and their carers, together with other clinical staff and health care providers, to provide coordinated multidisciplinary care.




- Undertake clinical shifts as agreed with the Head of Department, including participation in the on-call, after-hours and weekend roster.
- Accept appropriate referrals both internal and external to the hospital, in accordance with the hospital’s role delineation.
- Take a leadership role in education and monitoring of doctors in training.
- Awareness of indigenous customs and community expectations in considering how best to look after, admit or discharge indigenous patients.

You will hold Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and have appropriate training and experience across acute care, day hospital and outpatient services, as well as rehabilitation and restorative care.

You will demonstrate the ability to effectively lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, along with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality care at both an individual and service level. Current knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements-including Equal Opportunity, Disability Services and Occupational Safety and Health-and an understanding of how these impact employment, people management and service delivery are essential.

Experience in research activities will be highly regarded, as will a demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer

- Highly competitive salary & conditions (($368,815 -485,294)) plus 12% superannuation per annum, pro rata for part time)
- Welcoming a

📌 Consultant (Aged Care and Rehabilitation) - Midland Public (City of Swan)
🏢 St John of God Health Care
📍 City of Swan