Job Description:

Position Title: Staff Specialist - Intensive Care Unit
Employment Type: Temporary (12 month)- Full time
Hours per week: 1.0 FTE
Position Grade: Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Intensive Care Medicine

About us:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
Employee Assistance Program
Work/Life balance

About the role:

The Intensive Care Staff Specialist role primarily provides care for patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ensures the safe delivery of interventions in an acute care environment. The role encompasses leadership as the Senior Medical Officer lead of the hospital-wide Medical Emergency Team (MET), including oversight of service delivery, clinical governance and quality measures. Encompassed in the role is input on step-down ICU patients on the wards, along with post-deterioration patients. Furthermore, the role encompasses the oversight of the hospital-wide medical handover, ensuring the safe handover of these patients from shift changes. The role requires participation in weekend and after hours on-call rosters, as rostered in the ICU department. Participation in ECMO retrievals roster is subject to St. Vincent’s accrediting the staff specialist.

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (FCICM) of Australia and New Zealand, or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialist’s State Award, and a Medicare provider number.
Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Intensive Care Medicine commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position: possess experience at consultant level in the management of critically ill and post-operative patients, including cardiopulmonary transplant, mechanical cardiac assist devices and extra-corporeal life support.
Significant experience in cannulation, initiation and longitudinal management of extra-corporeal life support, including retrieval and inter-hospital transfer.
Experience in leading a medical emergency team including leading quality assurance to define and achieve key performance indicators for such service.
Demonstrated commitment to multidisciplinary education, with experience and training in high-fidelity simulation and its delivery in a critical care setting.
Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster innovation to create a learning culture, proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a multi-disciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient satisfaction and experience.
Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia

For more information, please contact Dr Hergen Buscher hergen.buscher@svha.org.au

For a copy of the position description, please email svhs.smoadmin@svha.org.au

The closing date for applications is 05 December 2025

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan