Fractional Staff Specialist - Infectious Diseases

Physician – Infectious Diseases  (2 positions) | Medicine & Sub Speciality Medicine

Fixed term leave cover: 1 January 27 to June 2027 

• Clinical (on site) 0.12EFT

• Regional (remote) 0.05EFT

Permanent commencing February 2027 0.12EFT

• Regional Consultant (remote) 0.12EFT

About the role

Grampians Health – General Medicine & Subspeciality Medicine have an opportunity to join the Infectious Medicine Team to provide clinical expertise in the management of infectious diseases services across Grampians Health, both onsite at Ballarat and remotely throughout the Grampians region.

Clinical (onsite) - As a part of the infectious diseases team, you will help to drive strategy and direction, clinical safety, quality, and clinical performance within their areas of responsibility to deliver expert care of patients with complex infectious diseases. 

Regional (remotely) - This role also provides remote support to the entire Grampians region. This includes all Grampians Health hospitals, other local healthcare service network hospitals and regional general practitioner clinics.

Come and join our enthusiastic team of medical professionals at Grampians Health Ballart which covers over 250,000 population in Grampians Region across a large geographical area.  

About you

You will be suitably experienced in the field of Infectious Diseases and be seeking a rewarding career through your contribution to a large regional tertiary referral hub and spoke health service with a growing role in teaching and the professional development of Interns, HMOs and Registrars.

As a consultant physician you will be expected to work within your scope of practice and will be subject to Grampians Health Credentialing Committee’s jurisdiction. whist working with us. You will report to the Head of infectious Diseases for operations matters and Clinical Director, Medical Services, GH for Professional ones.

General Medicine & Speciality Team

The General Medicine & Speciality Teams at Grampians Health are an integral part of Internal Medicine and sits within the Hospitals Directorate. The General Medical and Specialty Units has approximately 120 inpatients each day across two campuses with seven general medical units.

The Internal Medicine Service provides general medicine that also oversees gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology, rheumatology, perioperative and obstetric medicine. In addition, there are independent neurology, nephrology, oncology, haematology and cardiology units providing a weekday and on-call service. General Medicine is also well supported by geriatrics, palliative care and rehabilitation services as well as a hospital-in-the-home service that functions across our campuses.

Grampians Health Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities

• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays

• Discounted on-site parking

• Access to discounted health club membership

• Staff rewards and recognition programs

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How to apply

Click APPLY or contact If you have any further enquiries please contact Dr Raquel Cowan, Head of Unit Infectious Diseases on 03 5320 4322 for a confidential discussion.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask.  Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

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About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Diversity and Inclusion 
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.