Staff Specialist (Geriatric Medicine) (530175) (531066)
Tasmanian Government · US
The whole world needs you, you can be a Geriatrician anywhere, but what’s different about Tasmania is our culture and lifestyle. Come and work in a meaningfu...
Job description
The whole world needs you, you can be a Geriatrician anywhere, but what’s different about Tasmania is our culture and lifestyle. Come and work in a meaningful place. Royal Hobart Hospital and Department of Geriatric Medicine is seeking interest from suitably qualified applicants for multiple Staff Specialist – Geriatric Medicine vacancies. Who are we?: The Royal Hobart Hospital is a tertiary hospital in southern Tasmania, serving a population of 300,000. Royal Hobart Hospital is Tasmania’s largest hospital and major referral centre. As the major clinical teaching and research centre, RHH collaborates with the University of Tasmania and other institutions. The Role: Our Aged Care department at the Royal Hobart Hospital has 106 inpatient beds for acute older persons’ care across 3 sites in central Hobart – 60 older persons’ acute care beds, 36 subacute beds (Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM)), plus 10 beds for patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia requiring slow stream rehabilitation; including an additional 12 bed GEM at Home service. There is strategic vision for an Older Person’s Emergency Department geriatrician role. The Aged Care specialists p...