Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Division: Division of Medicine
Business Unit: Canberra Sexual Health Service
Position title: Canberra Sexual Health Service – Staff Specialist / Senior Staff Specialist
Classification: Staff Specialist/Senior Staff Specialist
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. CHS provide 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.

CHS are committed to workforce diversity and creating an inclusive workplace.

Canberra Sexual Health Centre (CSHC) provides clinic-based care as well as an outreach program in non-clinical settings. The clinical care work spans sexually transmissible infections, HIV and gender health, contraception, genital dermatology, and sexual function. The CHS Adult Gender Service provides care to adolescents aged 16 plus and adults, and is embedded within the sexual health team. CSHC has a strong philosophy of teamwork, evidence-based practice, research activity, and continuing professional development, which is supported by a weekly in-service program.

CSHC is an accredited site for Advanced Training in Sexual Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

The sexual health specialist position will provide:

• clinical consultation
• medical resident and registrar supervision and nursing staff clinical support
• contribute to the teaching and training of medical students and other health care professionals, both in clinic and in formal teaching sessions
• contribute to research, evaluation and quality improvement
• actively contribute to administration and management of the unit

Approximately 80% of time will be spent in a clinical role direct – patient care or associated clinical duties.

Specialist responsibilities are divided across the team and include an educational lead, clinical lead in gender care, and a clinical lead in outreach activities.

There are opportunities for honorary academic title with the School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University.

The position holder is expected to operate within the Public Sector Management Act (1994), the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct and the professional requirements specified by the appointee’s Specialist College.

Key responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following Under limited direction of the Unit Director you will:

• Perform clinical duties as required and participate in the Canberra Sexual Health Centre clinical meetings.
• Work effectively and harmoniously with medical and other health service colleagues as part of an inter-disciplinary health care team and communicate effectively with patients, colleagues and staff as a senior member of the clinical team in delivering patient care.
• Conduct, supervise, document and encourage research and/or quality assurance activities.
• Liaise with other health care professionals and relevant stakeholders to provide high-level medical advice/opinion on assessment and case management.
• Comply with an implement Workplace Diversity, Occupational Health and Safety and Industrial Democracy principles and practices and display a commitment to CHS values.
• Actively engage and contribute in quality and safety activities such as audit and M&M Meetings, education, clinical research, service redesign, and implement contemporary models of care.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

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