• Night shifts 2000-0830
• Must have ALS
• Accommodation & $100 travel provided

Details

A North Eastern VIC hospital requires a Registrar/PHO in Intensive Care Medicine from 19/10/2020 to 14/02/2021.

About the Health Service:

Northeast Health Wangaratta is a major referral hospital for the north east of Victoria and includes 120 acute beds. The hospital is serviced by resident specialists in general medicine, paediatrics, general surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthetics, psychiatry and emergency medicine, and visiting specialists in ear, nose and throat surgery, urology and paediatric surgery. The hospital has an 8 bed Critical Care Unit and four operating theatres. An 11 bed Paediatric Unit, with the ability to expand as required, and a Level 2 neonatal nursery. Maternity Ward has four delivery suites. A Community Midwife Program also operates at Northeast Health Wangaratta.
Tertiary hospital support is available in Melbourne, 2½ hours away by road, or 40 minutes by fixed-wing aircraft.

About the Critical Care Unit:
• NHW is a sub-regional health service that serves a population of roughly 100,000.
• There are about 25,000 emergency department attendances, 19,000 admissions, 7,000 surgical procedures and nearly 700 deliveries annually. The Critical Care Unit is a
combined Intensive Care, High Dependency and Coronary Care Unit that currently has 8 beds.
• The Unit admits over 1,000 patients per year, of which about 8% are classified as Intensive Care (ICU), 20% Coronary Care (CCU) and the rest High Dependency (HDU) patients.
• On average there is one elective post-surgical admission daily.
About the Critical Care Unit:
1. NHW is a sub-regional health service that serves a population of roughly 100,000.
2. There are about 25,000 emergency department attendances, 19,000 admissions, 7,000 surgical procedures and nearly 700 deliveries annually. The Critical Care Unit is a combined Intensive Care, High Dependency and Coronary Care Unit that currently has 8 beds.
3. The Unit admits over 1,000 patients per year, of which about 8% are classified as Intensive Care (ICU), 20% Coronary Care (CCU) and the rest High Dependency (HDU) patients.
4. On average there is one elective post-surgical admission daily.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND DUTIES:
Responsible to the Director for the assessment, investigation, treatment and review of patients admitted
to the Critical Care Departments for acute management.
• Participate in morning and afternoon ward rounds
• Review referred patients in wards, theatre recovery and ED and formally admit these patients to ICU in collaboration with ICU consultant and the respective Medical/Surgical team
• Ensure all tests including blood tests and XRays are completed in the morning for all ICU patients
• Be involved in day to day clinical management of ICU patients including transporting patient to and from X-ray/ theatre etc.
• Assist ED in management of critically unwell patients
• Ensure appropriate invasive lines / monitoring is in place.-.e.g.arterial lines and CVC
• Attend to general ICU ward matters including medication and fluid order changes
• When on Duty, to be a member of Medical Emergency Team (MET) and respond to all such calls including code blues.
• Develop and apply a good working knowledge of the Critical Care Department KPIs and to help expedite patient access and flow through the Department. This includes department specific services and established work processes.
• Independently increase workload to match Critical Care Department patient demand.
• Ensure patients/families are given adequate information about management decisions and follow-up plans
• Write comprehensive notes into the medical records or computer system as required for appropriate care provision
• Ensure the comprehensive and safe handover of all patients to another doctor at the end of shift
• Ensure effective discharge planning of patients including written communication and/or discharge summary provided at, or close to the time of, discharge and forwarded to all necessary Medical Practitioners.
• Ensure availability when rostered on duty & ensure that you are contactable at all times
• Arrange autopsies, death, cremation and other certificates as appropriate.
• Adhere to all policies, procedures and code of conduct of NHW


For further information about this job, please contact Matthew Jones on 1300 900 100.

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