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We are seeking a motivated trainees for Senior Registrar and Medical Registrar positions to commence as soon as possible - including accredited General/Acute Care Medicine Advanced Training position.
Are you looking for somewhere challenging, rewarding...somewhere fundamentally different to live and work?
Want to get closer to ‘the heart’ of Australia? Want to have a positive impact on health and wellbeing in regional and remote Australia?
Salary package $134,415 –$199,467
The Department of Medicine accommodates in-patient admission units of General Medicine, Renal Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a ten-bed Intensive Care Unit with Intensivist staff. Onsite consult specialties include Cardiology, Endocrinology, Respiratory, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Palliative Care, Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Visiting Medical Specialities include Haematology, Oncology, Dermatology, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Neurology and Sleep Medicine.
The Department of Medicine staff consists of a mix of General Physicians and other Specialists, many with dual training. They cardiology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, palliative care, alcohol and other drugs, a large renal unit, gastroenterology and many regular visiting specialists.
There is on site general surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics, gynaecology, psychiatry, paediatrics, day procedures unit and an 11 bed ICU. There are four General Medical teams, a busy Outpatient Department and we provide outreach clinics to some of the most remote parts of Australia.
The medicine here is entirely unique. Around 75% of patients are Indigenous - many from remote communities. Co-morbidities and social conditions can be complex and effective communication is essential. The catchment area is over a million square kilometres with a strong focus on Indigenous and remote health.
Trainees have access to acute General Medicine as well as rotations through subspecialties including Nephrology, Endocrinology, Alcohol and other Drugs, Oncology, Gastroenterology, Coronary Care and Stroke Unit, Remote Outreach, Outpatients.
Doctors gain valuable clinical exposure to Indigenous health issues, as well as a first-hand experience of varied and specific challenges faced in providing health care to a population as diverse as that found here.
The Hospital:
The Hospital is a 183-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Flinders University in South Australia and Charles Darwin University in Darwin. It is the only major hospital covering over a million square km with a strong focus on Indigenous and remote health because of such a dispersed population.
The Location:
An intriguing place that host's a jam-packed calendar of festivals, celebrations, and quirky events throughout the year. Hike, climb and cycle your way through the chasms, craters and sacred Aboriginal sites of the MacDonnell Ranges, or four-wheel drive the expansive Simpson Desert in the southeast.
It is multicultural with well-established schools and amenities. Bicycle-friendly - rarely taking more than 10 minutes to get anywhere. Out of town are places to camp under the stars, swim through gorges, explore rocky mountain ranges and hit world-class mountain bike trails.
A beautiful and unique part of the world with high quality educational facilities, vibrant community, many art and sporting facilities and a backyard that many travels across the world to see.
Travel west to the Finke Gorge National Park for the desert oases of Palm Valley and Finke River, or head north to Halls Creek and Gem Tree. Rainbow Valley, to the south, reveals a shifting palette of sandstone colours throughout the day - a photographer's dream.
Enjoy an amazing community spirit, welcoming newcomers with boundless enthusiasm. A beautiful and unique part of the world with high quality educational facilities, vibrant community, many art and sporting facilities and a backyard that many travels across the world to see.
- Here you can grow your career and still be home to watch the sunset!
- Hot summer days are contrasted against frosty, sub-zero winter nights.
- Interest in Indigenous health and ability to work in a cross-cultural environment.
- Good verbal and written skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
- An ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures.
- Medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
- A minimum of 3 years relevant postgraduate experience and who is within 2 full-time years of completing their specialist training program.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Interest in Indigenous health.
- Good verbal skills and good written skills.
- Able to directly manage and supervise junior staff.
- Medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia
- A minimum of 3 years relevant postgraduate experience.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Interest in Aboriginal health.
- Good verbal skills and good written skills.
- Able to directly manage and supervise junior staff.
- Supportive team
- Unique opportunity
- Plus, more....
Please forward your resume to - ******@ccjobs.com.au.
For more information about this and other opportunities call Nicki on +61 401010***
