We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role
This position includes responsibilities for delivering education and training to medical students and other staff, under the supervision of the University of Queensland. Fifty percent of the role is dedicated to this function

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.
To provide ethical decision making in the achievement of organisational goals provide inpatient outpatient care by assessing patients, determining and instigating appropriate investigation
Establish management plan for patients in consultation with the consultant
Where appropriate, ensure discharge planning commences early in the process of care
Leadership in improving and developing UQ PAH Southside Clinical Unit programs, including How to Be a Better Teacher, How to Be a Better Intern and Training Pathways
Undergo further professional training in Education, as applicable
Medical student training that includes
Making a substantial contribution to supervision and teaching of undergraduate students across all 4 years of the MD program
Contribute to undergraduate teaching at University of Queensland (UQ) PAH Southside Clinical Unit
Assist with the development of learning materials and assessment for undergraduate students
Assist with the delivery of student assessment eg Direct Observation of procedural skills (DOPS) and Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Contribute to the administration of educational activities within UQ PAH Southside Clinical Unit
Work to develop skills as a simulation educator and contribute to simulation education for students at UQ PAH Southside Clinical Unit
Vascular access training of medical students
Multiple medical interview station examination
Create examination questions for OSCE and MCQ exams.
Contribute to educational research projects where applicable
Presentation at Grand Rounds

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.