Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: $85,668.00 - $115,855.00
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM17515
Western Sydney Local Health District
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Where you'll be working
About Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital
Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital (BMDH) comprises two networked campus at Blacktown and Mount Druitt in Western Sydney. Currently hosting over 500 beds and 90,000 patients presenting to the Emergency Departments each year, the Hospital provides a complex range of healthcare in one of the fastest growing geographic populations in NSW. The completed second stage of the Expansion Project includes expanded capacity for emergency, intensive care, theatres and women’s & children’s health. These state-of-the-art facilities together with the transition to a major teaching hospital, will transition BMDH into one of the largest and digitally enabled public hospital in NSW, and one of the nation’s leading health facilities.
The Blacktown campus provides a 24-hour emergency service, intensive and high dependency care, specialist adult acute medical and surgical services, a comprehensive cancer centre, obstetrics and newborn care and mental health services. Ambulatory care services include satellite renal dialysis, chemotherapy, primary care and community health, drug and alcohol and dental clinic services.
The Mount Druitt campus provides a 24-hour emergency service, paediatric medicine, an elective surgical centre of excellence, rehabilitation medicine and palliative care. Ambulatory care services include oral health and an older adult non-acute mental health service. BMDH is accredited for training for most specialties and is networked with Westmead Hospital for Surgical Skills Training, Basic Physician Training, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Radiology, Anaesthetics and Mental Health. Highly competitive rotations have also been established for Critical Care, General Registration (for International Medical Graduates), and vocational General Practice. BMDH is a major teaching hospital for the Western Sydney University School of Medicine. This partnership provides opportunities to join a thriving teaching community as well as access to an active, clinical research network and a multitude of research opportunities. We are committed to enriching our workplace culture to deliver high quality, safe and reliable health care, and support every individual in our organisation in our pursuit of world class health care for our patients and their families and carers. We recognise a successful training program balances broad clinical experience with high impact education, personal and professional development and personal health and wellbeing. The BMDH Black Label Program has been established for Doctors in Training as a suite of resources and series of opportunities available to trainees to help launch careers and look after trainee work/life balance and wellbeing. This includes career mapping, protected teaching time, clinical and research skills development, mentorship and coaching, flexible working arrangements, and a variety of collegial opportunities.
What you'll be doing
The purpose of the Resident Medical Officer (RMO) is to provide medical care and support, as part of a multi-disciplinary team that is consistent with the level of clinical training, skills and experience of the appointee.
The RMO may be assigned to different clinical specialties during the year where they will participate in assessment and management of patients under the supervision of senior practitioners whilst developing their knowledge and skills in clinical decision making and practice.
This position includes rotations to the below listed hospitals:
- Blacktown Hospital
- Mt Druitt Hospital
- Bathurst Base Hospital
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
- Must have completed 1 year post-graduate training including a minimum of 12 months experience in an Australian hospital or equivalent (not as an observer).
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment,
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team with an understanding of the roles of the doctor and other members of the healthcare team.
- Demonstrated exceptional written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, family members and others members of the health care team
- Demonstrated outstanding organisational and time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
- Ability to recognise the acutely unwell patient, to initiate immediate management, appropriately escalate care and institute Basic Life Support and Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- Completion of ALS or commitment to complete these within 6 months of appointment.
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For role related queries or questions contact Lidia Stach on Lidia.Stach@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: March 15th, 2023.