Emergency Medicine Srmo 1-3

**Description**

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- POSITION DESCRIPTION

**Position Title**:Emergency Medicine Senior Resident Medical Officer

**Employment Type**:Full Time
**Classification**:SRMO 1 - 3
**Salary**: $99,996 - $122,359 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**:The Canberra Hospital, North Canberra Hospital
**Section**:Emergency, Medicine
**Closing Date: 27 November 2024**

**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
- Flexible working conditions
- 11.5% Superannuation
- To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au) or here interested in our ED’s:
**About the Role**:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.

**To be eligible for this position you must be PGY 3 + from February 2025**

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. We provide acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.

North Canberra Hospital - Bruce is a 256 bed public hospital providing acute and sub-acute services, with our Emergency Department receiving around 55 thousand presentations per year supporting the ACT and south eastern New South Wales region of Australia.

The Canberra Hospital is a 600+ bed tertiary trauma and referral hospital providing services to the ACT and south eastern New South Wales region of Australia. It is the principal teaching hospital of the Australian National University (ANU) Graduate Medical Program. It is one of the busiest EDs in the country:
We are one of the busiest EDs in the country:

- We are seeing over 90,000 presentations per annum.
- We have approximately 20% paediatric presentations.
- We have high acuity with admission rates of more than 35%.
- We have a significant trauma caseload.

Consultants are present in the department from 8.00am until midnight seven days a week, and are on call overnight.

Participation in extra-curricular activities, such as completion of the Emergency Medicine Diploma or completion of an audit, are encouraged and supported.

The skills gained in this position form a solid basis for further studies and careers in Emergency Medicine, GP, Rural Medicine, any of the Acute or Critical Care Medical specialties, or indeed most fields

Rotations may include:

- Emergency Medicine, Canberra Hospital - Woden, North Canberra Hospital - Bruce

**Duties**:

- Provide day
- to-day medical care for patients of Canberra Health Services, seeking Emergency Health Care.
- Maintain adequate medical records with legible entries.
- Participate in the supervision and education of more junior medical staff and medical students.
- Participate in the after-hour’s roster as required and in accordance with current safe working hour’s provisions..
- Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.
- Work within and support the multidisciplinary clinical team.
- Undertaking other duties as directed, within the approved scope of clinical practice ensuring the delivery of high quality person and family centred, safe and high quality patient care.
- Be responsible for immediate patient care including adequate history taking, physical examination, ongoing continuous review of patient condition and progress, investigations and therapy indicated by unit protocol or as directed by the duty specialist. Determine and facilitate disposition of patient, with guidance from senior clinicians.

**About you**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**

1. Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with other health professionals.
- Willingness to actively participate in acquiring emergency medical skills.
- High level of commitment to the emergency medical team and an ability to work collaboratively.

**Position Requirements / Qualifications**

Mandatory
- Demonstrate commitment to training and continuing professional development including participation in relevant teaching programs, activities, and feedback opportunities,
- Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Current Basic Life Support and Advance Life Support certi