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Registrar REG1 – REG6 (Remuneration Package Range $138,488 - $173,099)
Rural Generalist Trainee RGT1 – RGT2 (Remuneration Package Range $138,488 - $179,956)
Rural Generalist RG1 – RG4 (Remuneration Package Range $240,445 - $272,485)
Paediatrics
Katherine
Fixed for 6 months.
Selection will be made at the REG, RGT or RG level depending on the experience/qualifications of the successful applicant.
Katherine Hospital are looking for a Rural Generalist Paediatrics or Paediatric Registrar to join our team. Rural Generalist Trainees or Paediatric Registrars with previous rural paeds experience are also encouraged to apply. The position involves providing care for paediatric inpatients and outpatient clinics, attendance at deliveries as requested and review of paediatric patients in the Emergency Department. There are opportunities to work closely with other medical and allied health professionals. Paediatric patients present with a wide range of medical concerns and support is provided by the team at Royal Darwin Hospital.
The Top End of the Northern Territory offers diverse and exciting medicine, with presentations such as tropical medicine conditions not seen ‘down south’. The town of Katherine has a population of approximately 11,000 and services the Big Rivers Region, which has a population of around 22,000 and covers a geographical area larger than Victoria. Most people in the region outside of Katherine reside either in small remote communities, or on cattle stations. There is a large proportion of Indigenous patients, with Katherine town being at the junction of the Jawoyn, Wardaman, and Dagoman groups. Katherine also has a busy tourist season, and sees lots of travellers in the hospital throughout the Dry Season.
The Katherine region offers a multitude of outdoor, camping, fishing, four-wheel driving, hiking, and mountain biking activities. It is close to Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, Katherine Gorge, and in relatively close proximity to other places such as the Kimberley, Gregory National Park, Mataranka hot springs, the Red Centre, and countless other bush camping sites. While offering these natural wonders, it is also only a 3 hour drive up the fully-sealed Stuart highway to the city of Darwin, which provides ample shopping and restaurant opportunities. The town has a young population, also being the service centre for the Tindal Airforce base – there are lots of cafes, playgrounds, a large pool, a library, multiple primary schools, and a two high schools.
There is opportunity to be able to make a huge difference to healthcare outcomes for patients in rural and remote areas. Working across in the area of Paediatrics in a small town is rewarding, with continuity of care in the patient healthcare journey and the ability to make connections across differing family and cultural groups. Our patients have a high burden of chronic disease with complex comorbidities, and this makes for challenging and rewarding medicine.
Katherine Hospital has a supportive group of Rural Generalists and Specialist Emergency and General Medicine Physicians, as well as offering existing strong relationships with departments at our tertiary referral centre of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) via both phone and in person upskilling or immersion opportunities to work together. There are opportunities to be involved in teaching of medical students and junior doctors. Our small hospital continues to strive to improve healthcare outcomes for our patients by working to the breadth of our scope, and continuing to build a sustainable and long-term workforce. We would love to eventually expand neonatal services and capability (currently Level 2) to be able to keep more women and babies closer to home and country.
Click the following links for videos about Rural Generalism in the NT & to see what our staff have to say:
Big Rivers | Clinical Recruitment
https://healthjobs.nt.gov.au/explore-locations/big-rivers
Why the NT | Rural Generalist
https://ruralgeneralist.nt.gov.au/the-territory#region-3
News and events - Flinders University
https://www.flinders.edu.au/flinders-nt/news-events
For further information about this vacancy please contact: Jasmine Banner on 08 8973 9333 or MedicalAdminKH@nt.gov.au
Quote vacancy number: 70241106
Closing date: 14/07/2024
Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.
For a
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Territory Government please visit https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/Search
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