Ed Hmo

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full Time - Fixed Term

**Salary**:$50 - $80

**Grade**:Undefined

**Occupation**: Medical and Nursing

**Location**: Melbourne

**Reference**: 2857

**_ Are you a current Austin Health employee? _**
- Opportunity for HMOs to join our Emergency Department in February 2026
- Fixed term full time or part time positions available

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.

**About the Emergency Department**

Austin Emergency Department is one of Melbourne's busiest, seeing around 90,000 patients annually. We have access to a wide range of rotations for our Doctors. For Registrars, we offer the standard rotations as well as exclusive Special Skills Terms (see below) that are available only at the Austin and boast regular hours with no night shifts. Whilst employed in the Emergency Department, registrars will usually work a rotating roster including day, evening and night duty. The roster will involve weekend and Public Holiday duty. There is no on-call component. Whilst on rotation to other Departments, there may be an on-call component in addition to rostered hours.

We have built one of Melbourne's biggest and most effective Short Stay Units where opportunities arise to practice and learn clinical medicine in a more controlled environment. Our Fast Track area is staffed by Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists, Nurse Practitioners as well as Doctors and provides ample opportunities to develop procedural skills. The Emergency Department is separated geographically into Adults and Paediatrics;there are ample opportunities to work shifts in the dedicated paediatric area to work towards completion of the paediatric logbook.

Our department has a team of Emergency Physicians dedicated to Junior Medical Staff Education. For HMOs, there are weekly Emergency Medicine tutorials and hands-on skills sessions in addition to the education offered at a hospital-level. HMOs are most welcome to attend the weekly Registrar teaching. There is Emergency Physician presence 0800 to 2300 daily and on-call 2300 to 0800.

Our Emergency Department values the wellbeing and health of its staff and has a wellness committee called TeamED, the ED Social Club and a departmental peer support program called WEEPS available for all staff to participate in as they wish.Our Emergency Department values the wellbeing and health of its staff and has a wellness committee (TeamED), the ED Social Club and a departmental peer support program (WEEPS) available for all staff to participate in as they wish.

**About the role**

HMOs will be expected to assess and manage patients according to their level of experience. They are also expected to develop and implement an understanding of the needs and processes of ED resource management appropriate to their level of experience; including bed access, bypass avoidance strategies and interdepartmental liaison.
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**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description** for further details**

**Application closing date: Wednesday 14 May 2025**

Applications close Wednesday 14 May 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 24 April 2025