Medical Officer

Medical Officer - ICU | St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital

Employment Term: Full Time and Part Time opportunities available

Location: located opposite Roma St Parklands, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is just a short walk to Brisbane city

Remuneration: Hourly Rate + 11.5% Super + $15,900 NFP Salary Packaging Value
- Make a meaningful difference with St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital_
- We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others._

An integral part of our team at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital as a Medical Officer - ICU, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

What makes a difference for you?

Based in Brisbane since 1958, we’ve developed connections that go far beyond our home, occupying a unique place in the hearts and minds of our community providing world-class health care and first-class treatment results.
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
- Subsidised Parking
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months' service, in addition to the government scheme
- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
- Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).
- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

Your part in St Andrew’s War Memorial

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital has a multidisciplinary team of professionals, including doctors, nurses and allied health members. The ICU is a 15 bed unit providing excellence in care of critically ill patients. It has a strong reputation in basic and clinical science in ventilation, echocardiography, and sepsis, with multiple current and previous PhD fellows who have worked clinically in ICU whilst completing higher research degrees.

Reporting to the Director of ICU, the ICU Medical Officer will provide patient care to the Intensive Care Unit and manage Post-Operative including those having cardiothoracic, vascular and neurosurgical procedures, in addition to unplanned emergency admissions from ED, OT and wards.

You will also take part in supervising and teaching medical and nursing staff.

The ICU Medical Officer may be required to:
- Perform a full admission on all patients transferred or admitted to the unit;- Attend and assist ward rounds by the ICU specialists and liaise with the other VMOs as appropriate. They will assist in treating, prescribing and documentation in the patient’s journey through ICU; assist with the management of the critically ill patient whilst awaiting the specialist and assisting her/ him as required- Attend MERT & CODE calls - assisting the ward RMO as required in special occasions- Assist with education programmes for Hospital staff and Medical Students

What makes a difference for us?
- Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority
- Graduate of three years standing from a recognised Medical School
- Minimum of one year ICU experience with some cardiac surgical experience
- The ability to exercise considerable initiative, discretion and judgement in the performance of duties
- The ability to present a caring and understanding attitude at all times to patients and their families
- The ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Participate in the Intensive Care Unit teaching
- The ability to provide detailed advice and information on medical services available, responding to patient enquiries utilising a high degree of interpersonal skills
- A desire to progress in ICU training would be an advantage
- Keep up to date with relevant medical and specifically, critical care literature
- Ability to work a rotating roster - 12 hour shifts (8am - 8pm and 8pm - 8am)

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we’d love you to be too.

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