MedicalJobsAustralia.com Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Senior Medical Practitioner

Remuneration: View Staff Specialist Rates Here View VMO Rates Here

Hours Per Week: 40

Requisition ID: REQ700707

Lead the Future of Emergency Medicine in Queanbeyan

This is more than a specialist role. It is an opportunity to build a service, shape a culture, and improve lives across all ages in a rapidly growing region.

Southern NSW Local Health District is seeking an outstanding Emergency Physician to join Queanbeyan Hospital's newly evolving Emergency Department as both a Staff Specialist-Senior Staff Specialist-Visiting Medical Officer and Head of Department.

Underpinning this position is an appointment as a permanent Staff Specialist-Senior Staff Specialist or quinquennial Visiting Medical Officer, with the Head of Department role held for a three-year term extendable to five years dependent on satisfactory performance. Re-appointment as Head of Department after five years will be by application.

Where you'll be working

Queanbeyan Hospital is a 29-bed Level 3 acute care facility with a 24-hour 16-bed Emergency Department, an Inpatient Unit,



a Day Surgery Unit, and a Renal Dialysis Unit. Community and comprehensive mental health services are co-located on site. It is a modern facility, having undergone a major $51 million redevelopment in 2009, including construction of a recent main hospital building.

The hospital is a 20-minute drive to both the Level 4 North Canberra Hospital and Level 6 Canberra Hospital in the Australian Capital Territory, the latter of which provides tertiary referral support.

Queanbeyan

Hospital serves a population of 69,000 residing in the area served by Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, as well as those residing in the nearby Australian Capital Territory. Planning is underway for a future expansion of the hospital in view of the growing catchment population.

The ED sees a varied case-mix of approximately 27,000 presentations per year. It has a relatively low admission rate of 6% and a transfer rate of 5-6% due to the department being bypassed for STEMI, stroke, and trauma. Children ( Click here to Apply now →

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