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Advanced Trainee – Emergency Medicine, Northern Beaches Hospital
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: As per ‘Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award’

An exciting opportunity to join the team in the Emergency Department at the Northern Beaches Hospital.
The Advanced Trainee will assess and manage patients presenting to the Emergency Department. The Northern Beaches is a tier one training site allowing for 36 months of core training with possible rotations in Anaesthetics, Intensive Care, Acute Medicine and Paediatrics. Approved for paediatric logbook.
Northern Beaches Hospital
Northern Beaches Hospital provides world-class, Level 5 delineation services for both public and private patients. The hospital features 486 beds, 50-bed Emergency Department, 20-bed general and cardiothoracic ICU, 14 fully equipped theatres, including hybrid theatres, two cardiac catheter labs, extensive digital imaging / diagnostic facilities, medical centre collocated with ED, state of the art education and interactive SIM centre and a Helipad for Emergency Transport.
Emergency Trainees will have:
Paid protected weekly education session
Regular rostered non clinical days to obtain experience in ED administration
Resuscitation-focused training program including advanced airway management, critical care interventions including life-saving surgical procedures, focused cardiac ultrasound and paediatric resuscitation. In situ multidisciplinary simulation and human factors training.
Access to a roster governed by a transparent and equitable roster rules document, which ensures fair spread of shifts and includes principles such as quarantining leave around exams so as to maximally benefit trainees.
Access to a number of free CCPU accredited POCUS courses run in house on an annual basis
Work alongside a highly motivated group of FACEMs with vast experience in toxicology, education, trauma, Ultrasound sports medicine and prehospital and retrieval medicine.
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of an Advanced Trainee in Emergency Medicine is to provide high quality medical care under appropriate supervision to undifferentiated patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
Trainees undertaking the care of medical patients should ensure that they operate within their own level of expertise within a collaborative clinical care model and to seek consultation with their colleagues when appropriate. Advanced Trainees work under a level of supervision according to their competence in the following activities:
Taking a leadership role in coordinating the admission, assessment, management, and discharge planning of patients
Communicating assessment and management decisions to other staff involved in the patient’s care
Communicating with the patient / family regarding the patient’s condition and management plans
Coordinating diagnostic tests and consultations with other medical specialists
Arranging the patient discharge process and liaising with local medical officers and community based care modalities for optimal post discharge care
THIS POSITION IS BASED AT THE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL, FRENCHS FOREST, NSW

Qualifications - External