Consultant – Emergency Medicine (FSH/PHC and RGH/PHC)

Please be advised that scheduled maintenance is to be undertaken on Saturday 25th May 2024 from 5 AM to 8 AM (AWST) and the system will be unavailable during this window.Convenience Buttons:Consultant – Emergency Medicine (FSH/PHC and RGH/PHC)Salary: MP Year 1-9 $336,466 – $427,886 p.a. pro rata or $644.98 – $820.23 per session (inclusive of base salary and applicable allowances)
Location: Various
Unit/Division: Emergency Medicine
Work Type: Sessional, Permanent – Part Time, Permanent – Full Time, Fixed Term – Part Time, Fixed Term – Full Time
Position No: Pool Ref 00019048
Closing Date: 2024-06-05 4:00 PM
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–Consultant – Emergency Medicine (FSH/PHC and RGH/PHC)We are currently looking for suitably experienced and enthusiastic Emergency Medicine Consultants to join our team.The South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) presents Emergency Medicine Consultants a new opportunity, to work within our flagship tertiary hospital, in addition to providing expert medical care in our regional / local hospital(s). Successful applicants will divide their time between SMHS tertiary ED work and SMHS outer metro ED work.Joint positions are located across:

• Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) and Peel Health Campus (PHC), or
• Rockingham General Hospital (RGH) and Peel Health Campus (PHC).

Roles can be joint/proportionate at these sites with flexible FTE. There are currently 7 FTE permanent positions available across SMHS for multi-site appointment with up to 3.5FTE at Peel Health Campus.This is a recruitment pool to fill permanent full time and permanent part time, sessional, fixed term full time and fixed term part time appointments, with the possibility of extension(s). Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 03/09/2024.This is the best of both worlds – everything a tertiary facility can provide plus the community connection that local and general hospital emergency services offer.This mix of experiences (case mix- complexity and acuity, facility differences, team work) will serve the successful team member with the chance to be involved in the leadership of multidisciplinary teams, the training of junior medical staff, and the ongoing learning and education that is provided with continuous improvement and practice challenges that come from working as an integral team member within different sites. Joint positions also offer successful applicants the opportunity to forge strong working relationships between SMHS ED’sIt’s said that change is as good as a holiday, right? Well this role might be a breath of fresh air for someone looking for a new way of providing excellent health care, every time.If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please contact:

• Dr Colleen Taylor, Head of Emergency FSH: 08 6457 3789
• Dr Andrew Walker, Head of Emergency PHC: 08 9531 8000
• Dr Wouter Gerryts, Head of Emergency RGH: 08 9956 2222

About our servicesAll our emergency departments provide 24-hour, 7-day-a-week emergency care for adults and children with an illness or injury that requires urgent attention or is too complex to be managed in a general practitioner’s rooms.Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) Emergency DepartmentFSH provides tertiary-level adult and paediatric emergency services including:

• Separate entries, triage and treatment areas for adults and children
• 51 beds in the adult assessment areas, including trauma and resuscitation, acute assessment and ambulatory care, with a bay equipped to manage paediatric and neonatal presentations within the trauma and resuscitation area
• 15 emergency short stay beds in the adult area
• 15 beds in the paediatric assessment area, including acute assessment and a short stay area
• Chest pain, toxicology and geriatric falls specialised emergency workflows
• Direct access lift to the helipad and medical imaging
• Easy access to the intensive care unit, coronary care unit, operating theatres, trauma, burns, maternity and cardiac wards.

Peel Health Campus (PHC) Emergency Department

• The emergency department at Peel Health Campus currently sees over 45,000 patients per year and is staffed by an experienced and caring multidisciplinary team of professionals dedicated to the health and wellbeing of the hospital’s patients.
• The emergency department currently includes:

• 22 treatment bays between the acute and subacute areas,
• plus 5 consult rooms, and
• 16 short stay beds.
• PHC ED has state-of-the-art equipment, with access to:

• A range of medical imaging services on-site
• Short-stay rooms and facilities
• Inpatient services (General Surgery, General Medicine, Paediatrics and O&G)
• treats a variety of patient presentations ranging from minor acute pathologies to major resuscitations of all age groups
• Work with a friendly, dynamic and hands-on group of Consultants who between them have a broad spectrum of interests in Emergency Medicine including toxicology, ultrasound, simulation, advanced airway management and education.
• Opportunity to instruct on courses including, ALS, EMST, ETM, APLS and Neonatal resuscitation.
• The clinical work here is varied, challenging and rewarding. There is extensive opportunity to be involved in critical care cases, inter-hospital transfers of critically unwell patients, toxicology cases, procedural sedation and airway management.
• No nights (except on call) – Registrars on nights.

Rockingham General Hospital (RGH) Emergency Department

• Our RGH ED has separate areas for child and adult patients, and our facilities and services include:

• Interview room
• Plaster room
• Procedure room
• Ear, nose and throat / Ophthalmology room
• Obstetric and Gynaecology room
• Paediatrics
• Minor illness/injury treatment area
• Dedicated children’s area for waiting, assessment, treatment and observation
• Comprehensive radiology and pathology services
• On-site support from a range of in-patient specialities

For more information about our hospitals please see:Leaders in ResearchOur hospitals and medical staff are supported to engage in the research and development of innovative medical techniques, continuously trialling new drugs and testing new equipment and procedures. By implementing new techniques at our sites, our patients are often the first to receive these new, more effective forms of treatment.For more on research within the SMHS, .Application Instructions:Applications must be submitted viaYour application should include: * A copy of your current CV

• A statement addressing the Selection Criteria in no more than 2-3 pages, including identifying your preferred joint site appointment locations:

• FSH/PHC, or
• RGH/PHC

The position requirements are outlined in the Job Description Form (JDF) attached to this advert; please consider how you meet the essential criteria/job requirements when forming or editing your selection criteria. * The names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role.It is preferable for one of your referees to be your current supervisor or manager (this can be included in your CV).These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.Are you eligible? To be eligible for a permanent appointment to the Western Australian public sector, it is essential that you are an Australian citizen or have permanent residency status in Australia. To be eligible for a fixed term appointment you must have documentary evidence of your entitlement to live and work in Australia for the period of the contract.WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.This position is subject to a Western Australian Working with Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.auSouth Metropolitan Health Service will only accept applications that are lodged with the express permission of the applicant and containing all necessary information, including personal contact details. We will not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies and/or search firms, and we will not pay fees to any such organisation unless arranged with the provider prior to advertising a vacancy.Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.