2023 Intensive Care

**ICU Registrar**

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:

- Join the enthusiastic ICU team at Werribee Mercy Hospital as an ICU Registrar. Applications are open to Australian Residents holding AHPRA Registration and International Medical Graduates holding a working visa and registered with AHPRA.
- The Werribee Mercy ICU has physical capacity for 8 beds. It is a newly developed unit having been established in 2018 with state of the art equipment to provide hemodynamic and respiratory support, renal replacement therapy (RRT) and a medical emergency team (MET) service. The ICU is the fastest growing service at WMH. Each year we admit approximately 700 patients, approximately a fifth of whom may require mechanical ventilation.
- The ICU runs a strong CICM compliant education program with protected teaching time and since its opening in 2018, has supported many registrars successfully entering CICM training.
- The ICU is accredited for six months Foundation training by the College of Intensive Care Medicine and also able to provide accredited training time in ICU for registrars on the Emergency Medicine (ACEM), Anaesthetics (ANZCA), Physician (RACP) and surgical (RACS) training programs. Registrars are well-supported by the ICU Consultant team.
- Registrar salary will be as per the Victorian Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA).
- Full-time or part-time based at Werribee Mercy Hospital.

**The role**:

- Supporting the senior ICU medical staff in the provision of ICU patient care.
- Responsibility for the supervision of more junior medical staff.
- Provision of a consultative service for patients of other units or departments.
- Contribution to ICU junior medical staff education.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- Registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- High standards of practice with an understanding commitment to consumer and carer focused service.
- Prior ICU clinical experience at a senior level (registrar or above).
- Ability to work flexibly within the Public Health Services system.
- Prior experience working in the Victorian Public Health Services system will be of benefit.

**ABOUT US**:

- Werribee Mercy Hospital is a General Public Hospital located in the rapidly growing Western suburbs of Melbourne. Our services include surgical, medical, maternity, newborn, renal dialysis, emergency, mental health, rehabilitation, aged and palliative care. The hospital has recently undergone significant expansion with the opening or our new intensive care unit, additional operating theatres and the opening of two new wards, taking the total number of beds to 298. Join us now and be part of our team as we expand to serve our community.
- Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
- Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:

- Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:

- caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families
- protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect
- taking a stand against climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the health of the world and all humanity, and committing to action that will help make our world fairer and more sustainable
- offering benefits such as generous salary packaging, purchased leave, career progression and development opportunities, access to health and wellbeing programs and a range of discounts across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services.

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**:

- Proof of vaccination status consistent with public health orders and with Mercy Health’s policy (includes but is not limited to COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccination compliance requirement).

Dr Fraser Magee