Position Title: Temporary Staff Specialist - Infectious Diseases/HIV
Employment Type: Part Time, Fixed Term for 6 months commencing in July 2025
Hours per week: 12 Hours plus on call as required
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: Infectious Diseases

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 position is to provide locum cover for a period of 6 months July-Dec 2025 for one of the HIV/ID consultants in the Infectious Disease department at St Vincent’s Hospital. The department provides inpatient, consult and outpatient services for a broad range of Infectious Diseases conditions with a focus on complex cardiac, transplant infection, infection in people who inject drugs and blood borne virus management.
In particular the position provides outpatient services to a cohort of people living with HIV often with complex co-morbidities, including general medicine advice and management. A knowledge of antiretroviral medication and the ability to prescribe drugs for the treatment and prevention of HIV and for the treatment of hepatitis C and hepatitis B is essential.

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:

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.

• Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA);

• Possess Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialist’s State Award;

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in HIV and Infectious Diseases with extensive understanding and experience in the management of complex infectious disorders;

• Exceptional knowledge of the management and treatment of HIV, HCV and HBV

• Demonstrated commitment to teaching at speciality registrar, junior medical officer and undergraduate levels;

• 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 multidisciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient satisfaction and experience;

• Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of new knowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment

To apply for this position, please click HERE.

Applications close on 06/03/27