Unaccredited Medical Registrar

Department:  General Medicine/ HDU

Classification:   Depending on qualifications and experience

Hours per fortnight: 76

Status: Full Time

Enjoy the work/life balance in a friendly, safe and affordable rural location

Echuca is a rapidly growing regional town, on the Murray River 2.5 hours from Melbourne offering the best of country living with so much more. Echuca offers a strong sense of community that delivers fantastic opportunities for people to connect and grow together. Whether it's through shared activities, events, or simply the support of neighbours and friends, it truly is a welcoming community.

Echuca Regional Health (ERH) is a world class sub-regional hospital which services a catchment population of approximately 45,000. ERH provides a comprehensive range of health services, including: emergency; medical; surgical; rehabilitation; maternity; paediatrics; urology; orthopaedics; ophthalmology; dental; chemotherapy; and haemodialysis. With approximately 1000 staff, ERH is Echuca’s largest employer.

The Registrar role on offer will suit someone who is keen to further enhance their clinical and procedural skills, in a vibrant learning environment in various specialities. 

As we are open 24 hours -7 days a week we are able to offer a flexible working environment and are keen to work with you.  We understand the importance of a healthy work life balance in Echuca so that you can take the time to enjoy our town as well as enjoy your work. There are options for job share and we are open to hearing your ideas.  We are also keen to work with you on career pathways you may be interested in pursuing.  At Echuca Regional Health we work as a collaborative region with our other Key Health Services and General Practices to make the most of the opportunities for our Health professionals.

Please note - as we are a smaller regional Health Service, for this role, we are not able to accept applicants who do not currently reside in Australia and hold General Registration.

If you are interested in coming to work in a place where you feel valued as an individual and feel part of a team making a palpable difference, we would like to hear from you.

The position suits a highly driven and motivated individual, who is able to work independently and collaboratively and has a passion for care.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure punctual attendance and preparedness for rostered duties, including ward rounds
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team within scope of clinical practice
• Provide appropriate care to all patients in unit from admission to discharge, including but not limited to: admissions; accurately completing electronic medication charts, including the recording of allergies in accordance with policy; undertaking regular patient reviews; ordering, reviewing and actioning as appropriate diagnostic testing; participating in and contributing to multidisciplinary discharge planning meetings; ensuring a comprehensive discharge summary is completed for every patient at point of discharge
• Prepare for and participate in HDU Virtual Trauma and Critical Care Unit (ViTCCU) rounds with Bendigo Health Intensivists
• Apply evidence to practice, including reference to relevant guidelines and protocols (e.g. Therapeutic, including Antibiotic, Guidelines)
• Ensure documentation of medical attendances is legible and sufficiently detailed to enable continuity of care and effective discharge planning
• Ensure clear communication to patients and their carers
• Ensure comprehensive clinical handover when coming off duty
• Activate and participate in MET call and Code Blue responses in accordance with policy
• Ensure a Resuscitation Plan has been completed for every admission
• Participate as a member of relevant meetings and committees, including Morbidity and Mortality meetings
• Ensure timely arrangement of and participation in mid and end or term assessments with term supervisor

Other duties as directed by supervising or management staff, including support to other areas of the health service to ensure service continuity 

Working for ERH 

At ERH we offer a supportive and inclusive culture that offers opportunity for growth and development.  As well as that we have a fantastic range of benefits for our employees, including:

• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight (inculding remote area housing and relocation if eligible) 
• Experienced and supportive leaders, who genuinely care about their team
• Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Genuine opportunities to broaden your skillset, and progress in your career
• An independent and confidential Employee Assistance Program for yourself and family members
• Free onsite parking

If you are passionate about healthcare and are excited to join a dynamic team, we would love to hear from you! Apply today by following the link below. Applications are to be submitted online.

ERH is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally, linguistically and gender diverse people and, mature aged people. For further information on the role please refer to the position description.

**This position requires completion of a satisfactory National Police Check and (where relevant) provision of a Working With Children Check and check on the Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme prior to appointment.  In addition, this position requires evidence of vaccination status for COVID-19.