Career Medical Officer

**Employment Type**: Temporary Various

**Remuneration**: $133,834 to $161,698

**Hours Per Week**: 38

**Requisition ID**: CAM16956 - CCLHD - Emergency Medicine Career Medical Officer
Welcome to Central Coast Local Health District where we strive to deliver exceptional healthcare services and enhance the health and wellbeing of our community. We invite suitably trained and experienced medical officers to join our community and enjoy the benefits of a relaxed, coastal lifestyle paired with a rewarding career supporting our rapidly growing population.
Please watch our welcome video.

At CCLHD we value our staff as our most important resource and offer ongoing support and development opportunities. Find out more:

- Central Coast Local Health District - Imagine Regional (nsw.gov.au)
- Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) - NSW Health

The following positions are current advertising in Emergency Medicine:

- Emergency Medicine Advanced Trainee - Gosford & Wyong Hospitals - Job No: CAM16957
- Emergency Medicine JMO Trainee (Stage 1) - Gosford & Wyong Hospitals - Job No: CAM16958
- Emergency Medicine Unaccredited Trainee - Gosford & Wyong Hospitals - Job No: CAM16959
- Emergency Medicine Senior Resident Medical Officer - Gosford & Wyong Hospitals - Job No: CAM16960
- Emergency Medicine Career Medical Officer - Wyong Hospital** - **Job No: CAM16956
- Part time flexible options and roster patterns available
- Education and career progression
- Supported by our vibrant team of young, enthusiastic FACEMs, along with a mix of trainees and junior doctors, as well as our highly skilled nursing and allied health staff.
- Our newly-built, state of the art department provides 24/7 high quality care to around 200 patients each day.
- Experience and advanced skills in Emergency Medicine are essential, as are great communication and willingness to be part of our cohesive team of healthcare professionals.
- Opportunities are available for education, simulation, and structured courses such as ACEM’s EMC and EMD.

**Where you will be working**:
**Gosford Hospital** is the principal referral hospital and trauma centre for the Central Coast, with over 500 inpatient beds and 24/7 access to the emergency department and operating theatres. A recent $368 million dollar redevelopment delivered a new emergency department, ICU, nuclear medicine facility, special care nursery and expanded medical imaging services.

**Wyong Hospital** is an acute major metropolitan hospital with over 300 beds providing inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to residents in the northern region of the Central Coast. A recent $200 million expansion delivered a new emergency department, ICU, paediatric unit, inpatient wards, theatres and expanded medical imaging services.

In conjunction with the University of Newcastle, CCLHD has recently opened the Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute on the Gosford Hospital campus, providing additional opportunities in training and research.

**Wyong Hospital and Gosford Hospitals** have busy mixed **emergency departments** with a wide variety of presentations including good exposure to trauma and paediatrics. Both are well supported by committed emergency physicians and a junior medical workforce with a tight team that is highly procedurally focused. There is access to regular simulation training and paid protected weekly education sessions for ACEM trainees. ACEM advanced trainees have the opportunity to rotate to dedicated positions in ICU and anaesthetics within CCLHD and to tertiary paediatrics, tertiary trauma and retrieval through external secondments. CCLHD emergency trainees have been very successful at passing their Primary and Fellowship exams and there is a well organised training program.

For more information about what it is like to work with us, please visit our Facebook page.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
- Aus/NZ/Competent Authority: Completion of a minimum of 4 post graduate years or more working in an acute hospital setting with a minimum of 12 months in an Australian Emergency Department as a Career Medical Officer, Trainee or Senior Resident Medical Officer.
- Standard Pathway Applicants, completion of a minimum of 6 post graduate years or more working in an acute hospital setting with a minimum of 2 years in an Australian Emergency Department working as a Career Medical Officer, Trainee or Senior Resident medical Officer.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, including providing leadership and direction to ensure appropriate management of patients
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgment and expertise, with demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- Demonstrated time management, problem solvi