Emergency Department Consultant - Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service Job no: 875522
Work type: Full time
Location: South East
Categories: Medical
Limestone Coast Local Health Network, Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service Indicative Total Remuneration: $459,568 - $598,211 - MD2 Ongoing Full Time Work in a pivotal role in a respected Emergency Department with a focus on high-quality patient care and clinical leadership! As an Emergency Department Consultant at Mount Gambier Hospital, you will deliver clinical services of the highest standard, ensuring exceptional care for patients in the Emergency Department. Your role will involve leading a multidisciplinary team, supporting inpatients during clinical deterioration, and actively participating in teaching, quality management, and research activities.
Key Responsibilities: Clinical Excellence: Provide outstanding clinical services to Emergency Department patients, demonstrating leadership and a commitment to a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Crisis Management: Deliver expert medical care for inpatients experiencing clinical deterioration after hours, including Code Blue and Code Black situations. Professional Standards: Adhere to Regional, Hospital, and departmental policy manuals and documents, and maintain alignment with the standards of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Education and Training: Engage actively in the teaching of trainee medical officers, interns, medical students, and where applicable, nursing and allied health professionals. Quality and Safety: Participate in clinical audits, quality, safety, and clinical risk management activities to continually improve patient care standards. Research and Development: Contribute to research initiatives and continuous medical education to advance knowledge and practices in Emergency Medicine. Qualifications: Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent. Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registerable with the Medical Board of Australia as Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration.
Why Join Us? Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Limestone Coast Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care. Collaborative and supportive work environment where your ideas are valued. Job security and financial incentives: in addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits. Relocation reimbursement of up to $13,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. Applicant Information: The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position. DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC). Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances).
The Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) is committed to building a flexible, diverse and inclusive culture, planning for and promoting diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as diverse community groups and ages including, LGBTQI+, people living with a disability and other diversity groups. The LCLHN recognises the benefits that such an approach brings for our staff and consumers in being an employer of choice.
Enquiries: Augustus Kigotho
Head of Unit LMH Emergency
Phone: 8182 9279
Email:
Application Closing Date: Friday 22nd November 2024, 11:55PM
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