Registrar - Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine (533055l1)

Registrar - Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine (533055L1)

Department of Health
Community, Mental Health & Wellbeing
CMHW - Ambulance Tasmania

Applications must be submitted by Sunday 23 November, 2025 11:55 PM

Position details
- Applications close:

- Sunday 23 November, 2025 11:55 PMAEST
- Award/Classification:

- Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022, Medical Practitioner Level 5-11 (Registrar/Senior Registrar)
- Employment type:

- Fixed-term, full-time, Fixed-term, part-time, Fixed-term, shift work
- Region:

- South
- Location:

- Lower Level, 12 Brisbane St
- Job description:

- Provide critical care, advice, and transport for ill/injured patients in prehospital settings via road or helicopter.

**The Team**:
Critical Care and Retrieval (CCR) provides a state-wide Pre Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (PHRM) clinical service, as defined by the Tasmanian Role Delineation Framework (TRDF). Our critical care (medical team) responses provide pre-hospital and in-facility treatment and interfacility transport for seriously sick and injured people. We also provide medical coordination and on-scene clinical support for mass casualty incidents and disasters, and a Critical Care Management and Advice Service (CCMAS), for paramedics, doctors and nurses, and clinical coordination of high-risk interfacility transfers conducted by CCR and non-CCR crews.

CCR is a mature PHRM service that has PHRM Training Program Accreditation from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, for delivery of both the Associateship in PHRM and as a Category A Special Skills Placement.

The Hobart base, where these positions are based, provides CCMAS, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS), wilderness rescue and road responses with on-base doctors employed by Ambulance Tasmania (AT).

** The Role**:
The Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine Registrar (Hobart) is responsible for the provision of high-quality medical care to critically ill and injured patients in out-of-hospital environments and referring facilities. This includes the provision of initial management advice, inter-hospital transport coordination and direct clinical care on scene and during transport by road and/or helicopter.

** You will need to**:

- Initiate, maintain, and be responsible for, the clinical care of patients in out-of-hospital and hospital environments, as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Provide clinical advice for paramedics, and retrieval coordination advice to Ambulance Tasmania Communications Centre staff.
- Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive medical records.
- Actively participate in relevant quality improvement projects and clinical audits.
- Continually progress skills and knowledge, through both their specialty training program and opportunities provided in the workplace.

** Why Tasmania**:
The Department of Health Tasmania oversees various hospitals across the state, including the Royal Hobart Hospital, Launceston General Hospital, Northwest Regional Hospital, and Mersey Community Hospital, as well as district hospitals and ambulance services. Additionally, it provides community health, mental health, and primary healthcare services to the Tasmanian community through more than 300 sites.

Tasmania, Australia's only island state, offers unparalleled natural beauty and a luxurious lifestyle. Pursuing your health career in Tasmania’s public health system means building strong connections with colleagues and patients. It also means embracing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extraordinary experiences outside of work while making a significant impact on the community during work.

** Details of appointment**:
Multiple shift worker (fully rotational) positions, commencing from as soon as possible for a period of twelve months.

You will receive 10 hours of paid, protected training time per fortnight, pro rata.
- notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time and casual vacancies.

** Salary**:
**Registrars**:
Medical Practitioner Level 5 - 11 $134,930 - $189,005 per annum, pro rata + 12% superannuation + access to salary packaging
- _Salary range is in accordance with Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022_

In addition, the following allowances and benefit, calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

- Salary packaging options include a range of benefits like living expenses up to $9,010 and $2,650 in meals and entertainment every year
- Travel and relocation assistance support available up to $15,000 for eligible appointees from overseas, and up to $10,000 for appointees from interstate.
- Professional development and accelerated pathways.
- A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
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