Qualifications/Experience • Emergency, Trauma, Adult and Paediatric Support • Basic Life Support • Simple Suturing • ECG Interpretation • Catheterisation • Sound Clinical Judgement • Communicate appropriately • Medicare Provider number requirements: Full billing or refer and request billing rights acceptable • Must have completed eMeds training Duties • Expectation that you review all cases in-person throughout the day. • Hours required to be on-site will be 8am ward rounds, followed by ED reviews etc - finish time to be negotiated with site. • Must return to the ED when requested by nursing staff at any time. • Complete discharge summaries and review admitted patients as requested. • Complete contemporaneous and comprehensive clinical documentation in all systems including discharges in eMR/eMeds. • Check pathology and radiology results in the ED results message centre ordered by any doctor, follow-up and document management plans for any results needed further action and review any patients returning for follow-up of results. • Participate in morbidity and mortality meetings, MDT meetings and other clinical meetings as requested. • Required to participate in Multidisciplinary Team Meeting on Monday morning at the Hospital. Requirements NSW Health: Non-Specialist Medical Locum Pre-Employment Mandatory Training Requirements My Health Learning Training Manual: • Must have completed eMeds, eMR and Between the Flags training. • Medicare Provider number requirements: Full billings or refer and request billing rights acceptable. • Adult Basic Life Support • Fire Safety and Evacuation • Infection Prevention Strategies for Medical Officers • Open Disclosure • Personal Protective Equipment for Combined Transmission Based Precautions • Privacy – It’s Yours to Keep • Respecting the Difference: Know the Difference • Safety and Quality for Medical Officers • Violence Prevention and Management for Medical Officers • Registered with an accredited Home CPD Travel including Hire Car Flights and Hire Care organised by Agency with approval from WNSWLHD via Locum Email WNSWLHD-Locums@health.nsw.gov.au
Accommodation Accommodation is at a local motel and will be advised prior to start date Other important information Please note: 1. For all Rural & Remote Sites in Western LHD the hospital cannot supply PBS/RPBS authority prescription forms, so we ask that the locum doctors bring these with them in case required.
Credentials
NSW Hospital paperwork (LHD specific); NSW Health online training modules; immunisations/vaccinations; Primary Degree; Fellowship & CPD Certificate (if applicable); References; CRC; NSW WWCC; Indemnity; Medicare provider number; ID check; NSW declarations (e.g. Hep B; TB; Secondary Employment; Code of Conduct); Current AHPRA Registration
Want to know more?
If this sounds like something you would be interested in, contact Critical Care Team by email at criticalcare@wave.com.au and quote job reference number 128499.