Emergency Department Consultant

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 895315
**Location**: 5251 - MOUNT BARKER
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital**:

- **Indicative Total Remuneration: MD2 $447,002 - $581,616 (pro rata)**:

- **Two Temp P/T positions available: (various contract end dates), working over a 7 day roster**
- Note: Total Indicative Remuneration (TIRP) includes award salary, managerial allowance, remote call allowance, professional development, A&R Allowance & Super if applicable)._

**Overview**

A fantastic opportunity is now available to join the Emergency Department (ED) Team at Mount Barker District Soldiers Memorial Hospital. The hospital is located just a 40-minute drive away from the centre of Adelaide and provides care to the communities of Adelaide Hills and the rapidly growing population of Mt Barker. The ED is managed by a team of dynamic and supportive Emergency Consultants and Emergency Nurses. It has recently undergone significant development with the establishment of a new, purpose-built department.

The department currently attends to around 30,000 patients every year, with a significant proportion (~30%) of them being children. It is backed by a comprehensive point of care laboratory and round-the-clock radiology services. The Emergency Department (ED) offers urgent/MET support to the inpatient wards and daytime Renal\Infusion suites. As an Emergency Consultant, you will have the opportunity to handle a diverse range of medical emergencies and utilise various management techniques.

**About the Role**

A great opportunity is available for dedicated and experienced Emergency Medicine Consultants to ensure the delivery of comprehensive, effective and efficient emergency and medical care. Providing medical services to Emergency Department (ED) patients at the Mount Barker District Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, you will have the opportunity to perform a wide range of procedures. You will provide leadership to the clinical team and facilitate effective clinical review mechanisms and quality improvement processes. Delivering and participating in relevant teaching programs for medical officers and other staff attached to the Department, you will contribute to continuing education programs within the ED. Combining clinical and teaching roles, this is a great opportunity to help establish a combined Australasian College for Emergency and Rural Generalist ED training hub with a reputation for high training standards.

Holding a Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent, you will have appropriate specialist qualifications and be registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration. This will be supported by a proven track record of experience in clinical emergency medicine, in a setting comparable to an Australian Emergency Department. Demonstrating wide experience in the management of paediatric and adult emergencies, you will possess a high level of skill in professional judgement, clinical competence, negotiation and communication within a multidisciplinary setting. Prior experience in the supervision and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff will hold you in good stead for this role.

**_ More than one part time temporary vacancy available: one vacancy is working 60 hours per fortnight, commencing 1/7/2025 up to 30/6/2026; and one vacancy working 37.5 hours per fortnight, up to 29/12/2025. This is a part time vacancy and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked._**

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (Direct Contact with blood or body substances)**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**:895315**

**Enquiries**

Name: Tracy Stone

Title: Medical Services Officer

Phone: 0403662832

**Application Closing Date**

**28 February 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM**

**Attachments**

895315 - BHFLHN Role Description MD02 Consultant Emergency Department Mt Barker DSMH Feb 2025.pdf

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**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.