Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, Career Medical Officer, Nepean Hospital
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (01-Feb-**** up to 2 years)
Remuneration: $117,745 - $147,664
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: CAM*****
The NICU CMO is responsible for all the NICU inpatients as well as all at-risk deliveries, with direct supervision by the on-duty neonatologist in normal working hours and availability of an on-call consultant off-site after-hours.
The CMO will participate in the trainee roster as well as the clinical fellow roster as required.
CMOs are responsible for the resuscitation/stabilisation of high risk newborn infants and for assessment, investigation, performing necessary procedure and formulating a management plan of admitted patients within the complex clinical environment of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as well as education, support and supervision of junior trainees.
What you'll be doing
Responsibility for overall care of babies in the NICU until their discharge from the NICU.
Initial assessment of babies, and review of subsequent problems.
Review of following results: blood gases, lab tests, X-rays & other investigations, including cerebral, cardiac and other ultrasounds.
Plan management and therapy accordingly.
Procedures: Securing vascular access: intra-venous/intra-arterial.
Performing arterial punctures, endotracheal intubations, insertion of intercostal catheters, lumbar punctures, needle aspiration of pneumothorax etc.
; in particular teaching and supervising junior staff performing procedures.




Attend morning and evening ward rounds with the nursing staff / Neonatologist on call / Trainee colleague/s, help formulate and execute plans for every baby.
Attend all high-risk deliveries.
Attend any unexpected neonatal emergencies in the delivery suite, operating theatres, post natal ward or elsewhere in Nepean Hospital.
Keep parents informed of the progress of their babies and also keep them abreast of any sudden deterioration in their baby's status.
Maintain, organise and update at least with each shift the patient notes and transcribe consultant comments from ward rounds.
Examination of babies during your shift in Level 3 care and three times a week in Level 2 care.
Update regularly the Neonatal Database.
Assist the General Paediatric team with the resuscitation of babies less than 3 months corrected age in Nepean Hospital when required.
Where you'll be working
Nepean Hospital has an extremely active Perinatal Unit, ensuring a regular supply of high-risk deliveries within the hospital.
The NICU caters for more than 4,000 annual deliveries at the Nepean Hospital, as well as a number of transfers from other areas.
The NICU manages more than 1,000 admissions annually, about one third of these requiring Level 3 care.
Nepean NICU is a 37 bed department with currently 12 ventilated cots, up to 12 High-dependency (flex) cots and a separately located 16 bed Special Care Unit.
The NICU staff currently includes 6 full time Staff Specialist Neonatologists, 3 CMOs, 1 Clinical Fellow and 9 Trainees.
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