Clinical Lead for the Emergency Medicine Department - North-West Victoria

Job description

• The clinical lead, emergency department will drive a culture of clinical excellence by supporting   the organisation in   the   development   of   a   skilled   rural generalist emergency workforce.
• FACEM or Equivalent. FACRRM or FRACGP with higher qualifications in Emergency Medicine would also be looked upon favourably.
• The position oversees the supervision of ED Junior medical Staff.

Responsibilities:

Non Clinical (0.25EFT)

• The clinical lead will provide ongoing training, education ,supervision,  support to prevocational doctors, GP trainees and IMG’s working in the department.
• Provide for individualized training to support progress in accordance to curriculum needs and progress in pathways.
• Promote education and training activities.

Clinical (0.75 EFT)

• Participate equitably  on the On call Roster as per with other GP’s equitably. Current on call load is 1:6Act as the medical officer in-charge when working clinical shifts in ED, directing the activities  of other medical staff in ED and overseeing their management of patients.
• Work with  other  medical  staff  and  the  multidisciplinary  team  to  ensure provision   of   safe   and   quality   care,   continual   improvement   of   services, promotion of teamwork and development of recommended hospital protocols.
• Provide direct  medical  management  of  ED  patients,  including  history  and examination, investigation, formulating diagnosis, prescribing and administering interventions.
• Support continuity  of  ED  patient  care  through  training  and  supervision  of other  ED  medical  staff  in  clinical  handover  and  documentation  activities,  and exercising  clinical  judgement  and  delegated  authority  to  admit  or  transfer

Selection Criteria:

To be considered for this position, applicant must have General Registration with AHPRA. 

To Apply / Register Interest:

If you are interested in this role and would like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Adam Pia  on 02 9641 2482 or adam.pia@charterhousemedical.com

If this role is not quite suitable for you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch as I have a number of other roles that might be of interest.

Referrals:

If this position is not suitable for yourself, but you know someone who would be interested, we offer a $500 referral bonus payable upon completion of the first placement for any doctor referred to ourselves who has not worked for Charterhouse Medical in the past 12 months.