Staff Specialist, Palliative Medicine
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle NSW
Fixed-term temporary part-time, 0.8 FTE | November 2026 - July 2027
About the Role
John Hunter Hospital provides integrated Palliative Care and Kidney Supportive Care for people with advanced and life-limiting illness across inpatient, outpatient and community settings. The service is part of Newcastle's specialist multidisciplinary palliative care hub, with a strong focus on quality of life, dignity and goal-concordant care.
As a Staff Specialist in Palliative Medicine, you will provide safe, evidence-based and patient-centred specialist care within a skilled interdisciplinary team. You will support patients with advanced and life-limiting illness through symptom management, advance care planning, end-of-life care and complex decision-making, while supporting patients, families and carers across inpatient, outpatient, community and virtual care settings.
You Will:
- Provide specialist palliative care across inpatient, outpatient, community and virtual care settings.
- Assess and manage pain, complex symptoms and psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs.
- Lead advance care planning and support patients, families and healthcare teams to establish treatment goals and care preferences.
- Provide expert guidance on end-of-life care, including management and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments where appropriate.
- Collaborate with the Hunter New England Palliative Care Stream to develop and evaluate evidence-based models of care and service improvements.
- Support coordinated transitions between care settings.
- Provide consultation, mentoring, education and clinical supervision to medical, nursing and allied health colleagues.
- Participate in the Hunter New England Palliative Care on-call roster and support virtual care services.
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