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In this position you will have
excellent exposure to a diversity of emergency presentations and procedures
whilst working within a supportive medium-sized mixed adult and paediatric
department consisting of FACEMs, highly experienced rural hospitalists as well
as junior medical officers seconded from metropolitan hospitals. To be
successful you will need to hold AHPRA registration and be able to demonstrate
a minimum of six months experience in Emergency Medicine at registrar
level. Time contribution from Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthetics or Acute
Medicine will be considered. This role will be both challenging and rewarding
and you will develop valuable skills that only come from working in a rural
ED. This position is accredited
with: - ACRRM (AST in Emergency
Medicine)
- RACGP (Core EMT & Extended
Skills in EM)
- CICM for ED time
component
Northam is an
attractive rural town located 100km from the Perth CBD in the picturesque Avon
Valley. Northam Health Service is the main hub hospital in the Wheatbelt region
which is home to approximately 70 000 people and close-knit-farming
communities. In addition to the ED, Northam Hospital has a 38-bed inpatient
unit, a rehabilitation unit, hospice, a midwifery led birthing service,
surgical services, onsite dialysis, an oncology unit and regular visiting
specialists. The ED has approximately 16 000 attendances per annum.
Benefits of working at
Northam ED include: - a broad exposure to issues inherent
in rural medical practice
- a good balance of adequate levels of
supervision and opportunity to work autonomously to encourage clinical
leadership and foster independent practice
- opportunity to be involved in the
education of medical students from the rural clinical school and junior
medical officers
- option to work 1 FTE wholly at
Northam Health Service or split with SJOG Midland Hospital (for example, 0.5
at each site)
- 5 hours of paid non-clinical time
per week to attend the comprehensive registrar education program at SJOG
Midland Hospital
- subsidised accommodation -
*conditions apply
For
full details and to apply please visit MedCareersWA Reference number
493152 If you have further questions, please
contact us via email: wachsdoctors.junior@health.wa.gov.au
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