• Rate increase
• There are Consultant Anaesthetists , O&G and Paediatricians on call through the day and night. Telephone support from Director of Urgent care at all times. There is also Pathology & Imaging available, not after hours though. Currently 9 beds in our med surg ward.
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Details

A Metropolitan VIC hospital requires a Junior Medical Officer in Emergency Medicine from the 23/06/2019 to the 30/07/2019.

Shift:
1600-2300

There are Consultant Anaesthetists , O&G and Paediatricians on call through the day and night. Telephone support from Director of Urgent care at all times. There is also Pathology & Imaging available, not after hours though. Currently 9 beds in our med surg ward.

They only take category 3,4,5 patients – 1 and 2 category patients are ambulance transfer to Ballarat or Western Health, they have ambulance ready to go if needed (please see definitions below)
All patients attending emergency departments are ‘triaged’ or assessed for urgency. The first priority is to treat the most urgent patients.
There are five triage categories that have been established by the
These categories indicate the desirable time within which patients should be treated. The Government sets targets for hospitals for the three most urgent categories.
Triage category 1: need for resuscitation - patients treated immediately.
Patients in this group are critically ill and require immediate attention. Most arrive at the emergency department by ambulance. This group includes patients whose heart may have stopped beating, whose blood pressure may have dropped to dangerously low levels, who may be barely breathing or have stopped breathing, who may have suffered a critical injury or who may have had an overdose of intravenous drugs and be unresponsive. The target is 100% treated immediately.
Triage category 2: emergency - patients treated within 10 minutes.
Patients in this group will probably be suffering a critical illness or very severe pain. For example, the group includes patients with serious chest pain likely to be related to a heart attack, people with difficulty breathing and patients with severe fractures. Target is 80% seen within the desired time.
Triage category 3: urgent - patients treated within 30 minutes.
Patients in this group include those suffering from severe illnesses, head injuries but who are conscious, and people with major bleeding from cuts, major fractures, persistent vomiting or dehydration. Target is 75% seen within the desired time.
Triage category 4: semi-urgent - patients treated within 60 minutes.
Patients in this group usually have less severe symptoms or injuries, although the condition may be potentially serious. Examples include those with mild bleeding, a foreign body in the eye, a head injury (but where the patient never lost consciousness), a sprained ankle, possible bone fractures, abdominal pain, migraine or earache.
Triage category 5: non-urgent - patients treated within 120 minutes.
Patients in this group usually have minor illnesses or symptoms that may have been present for more than a week, like rashes or minor aches and pains. The group includes those with stable chronic conditions who are experiencing minor symptoms.

• Sole doctor for nights, do not need to intubate but need to be confident as Urgent Care doctors.

• Nurses work closely with the doctor and triage all patients on arrival

• Must remain at hospital for full shift, no going off site or to accommodation

• Paediatrician and Anaesthetist Specialists are available on call if needed

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