Medical Consultant - Metropolitan Youth Health (MYH)

• Women's and Children's Health Network, Health and Recovery, Trauma Safety Services (HaRTSS), Metropolitan Youth Health (MYH), Kaurna Land, Angle Park- 5010
• Salary

• Classification - MD2 - Consultant / Senior Consultant - $367,340.00 to $621,001.00 p/a
• Part time - 1 day per week - Ongoing Permanent

• Providing high-quality, evidence-based primary health care to vulnerable young people, including Aboriginal youth and those under Guardianship.
• Offering expert medical advice within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to holistic, care coordination, case management and client care planning.
• Supporting professional development and supervision of medical team members and contribute to clinical education and training.
• Engaging young people, families, and communities in care delivery, promoting collaborative, culturally sensitive health outcomes.
• Driving continuous improvement through participation in service evaluation, quality assurance, and youth-focused research initiatives.

• MBBS or equivalent, with specialist registration (or eligibility) with the Medical Board of Australia.
• Clinical expertise in primary health care, with demonstrated ability to manage complex cases independently and collaboratively.
• Experience working with vulnerable youth populations, including Aboriginal young people and those under Guardianship.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with young people, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of youth health needs, including social determinants of health and relevant legislative and ethical responsibilities.
• Proven ability to problem-solve, negotiate, and prioritise tasks in a dynamic, multidisciplinary work environment.

• MYH works on prevention, early intervention and youth specialist health response measures regarding adverse childhood events (ACE) and their impact on young people's health, including speciality programs for young parents
• This position is located at the clinical health service location of MYH West (which is also the home base for the MYH Young Parents. Program), where multiple support programs run, including the Talking Realities FLO Program and various grant funded Young Parents support Programs.
• MYH programs at this site, focus on building and strengthening safe and positive relationships for all young people accessing our health services but with special focus on young parents and their children.
• Building these protective factors improve children and young people's resilience and reduce the impacts of ACE's on their future health and disrupting intergenerational cycles.

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility.

• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women's and Children's Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

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