Emergency Medicine Consultant

Permanent Part Time, 38 hours per fortnight

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Do you have experience working in a regional Emergency Department?

Would you like to increase your experience in managing a wide range of presentations in a sub-regional Emergency Department?

Are you innovative and committed to quality service delivery and patient centred care?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced Emergency Medicine Consultant. Located approximately 1.5 hours east of Melbourne, our Emergency Department operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and comprises of 16 cubicles, 2 resus bays, 3 fast track cubicles and 8 short stay beds. We currently see over 21,000 (approximately 25% paediatric) attendances per year.

Our Consultants are staffed between 07:30-22:30, provide on call services after hours and participate in a rotating roster. Consultants are supported by a range of junior medical staff including rotational Interns, Hospital Medical Officers & Registrars. We staff a Medical Registrar 24/7 and have on call support from a range of Specialists, including Physicians, Paediatricians, O&G Consultants, Surgeons and Anaesthetists.

The Emergency Department is run by a dedicated, proactive Nursing team and offers an enjoyable working environment – we pride ourselves upon having a professional and consultative team based approach to patient care.

Required skills and experience include:

• Fellowship of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM).
• Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Significant experience in managing adult and paediatric patients and possession of resuscitation skills.

We offer a friendly, team focused work environment, comprehensive orientation to the department and organisation, in house salary packaging and free car parking. Further information is contained in the Position Description.

IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be fully (3 doses) vaccinated for COVID-19 (unless a valid exemption applies). Evidence of vaccination (or exemption) will be required to be provided prior to commencement.

About our organisation

We provide acute medical and surgical, obstetric, emergency, community and aged care services, primarily in the Shire of Baw Baw, approximately 100km east of Melbourne. Our history dates back to 1888 when the community established a hospital to service the area between Melbourne and Sale. We have health service delivery responsibilities across a mixture of rural, urban residential and agricultural areas located within the Shire of Baw Baw, and draw clientele from the peripheral east and west of the shire, servicing a primary catchment population of approximately 47,000.

We hold full accreditation status from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards and very strong links with Monash Medical Centre, a world renowned tertiary teaching service, less than 45 minutes away. Our administrative headquarters are located at the West Gippsland Hospital in Warragul, the largest town in the West Gippsland area.

Warragul is a 30-minute drive from Pakenham along the freeway – against the traffic! WGHG are the largest employer in Warragul with a workforce of over 1400 staff and are committed to building on our organisation’s strengths by welcoming people with our shared values of teamwork, respect, accountability and compassion.

We are well aware our hospital is aging but are excited at the news that our new state of the art hospital and public aged care facility is coming. A 23.6-hectare site at Lardners Track in Drouin East was acquired by West Gippsland Healthcare Group for a future hospital back in 2007. The new hospital is set to feature 233-beds and 33 emergency department treatment spaces as well as aged care and an expanded maternity facility.

We pride ourselves on the quality of care that’s delivered by our incredible staff. You won’t find a friendlier, and welcoming team than the West Gippsland Healthcare Group. We care for our community because we are the community! The boost in capacity means more patients can be treated faster.

Working with us

All appointments with the West Gippsland Healthcare Group are subject to the satisfactory return of professional reference checks, a National Police Record Clearance and a current Employee Working with Children Check. All employees must hold current entitlement to work within Australia. A six month probationary period applies to all new appointments.

Further details and how to apply

Applications must be submitted via our recruitment portal (wghg.mercury.com.au) and must include a current CV and a covering letter. Responses to the selection criteria are recommended. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide at least 2 professional referees.

If you have any further queries, please contact Dr Letitia Clark - Chief Medical Officer or Dr Allan Au - Director of Emergency Medicine at ***************@wghg.com.au.

Applications close on Friday 1st March 2024

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As an inclusive employer, committed to improving diversity and equity in our workforce, we encourage applications from all parts of our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTI people, and people with lived experience of disability.

As a Child Safe organisation, West Gippsland Healthcare Group promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children, including those with disability.