The Position
Specialist - Emergency Department
Health Service Location
Hobart, Tasmania Australia
The Royal Hobart Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital in Tasmania and the principal teaching hospital for the University of Tasmania School of Medicine. The hospital provides all general and specialty medical and surgical services as well as paediatrics, obstetrics and psychiatry. It is also the state’s tertiary trauma center.
The Emergency Department provides a tertiary level service for people with illness or injury 24 hours a day 7 days per week.
The Package
The Remuneration Package includes:
• Attractive salary
• Employer Superannuation 10.5%
• Generous annual leave plus leave loading
• Continuing Professional Development leave & allowance
• Visa sponsorship and support for IMG's and families
• Accommodation - up to 12 weeks on arrival
• Motor Vehicle Allowance
The Role
You will work alongside dynamic and supportive team members providing emergency care to patients attending the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
As a Specialist, you may choose to be involved in research and quality improvement activities, undergraduate teaching of students from University of Tasmania’s Medical, Nursing and Paramedic schools and postgraduate teaching for our interns, registrars, and residents.
The RHH is a Training Stage 4 accredited site (accredited in 2022) for both adult and paediatric emergency medicine. At the RHH we are fortunate to have strong links with other specialised areas which offer great flexibility for ED specialists who wish to work across multiple disciplines.
Some of these areas include: Retrieval Medicine Hospital in the home Trauma Medical education and Simulation Geriatric Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Research Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) Hyperbaric Medicine Aerospace Extreme Environment medicine (with Tasmanian being the home of the Australian Antarctic Program and the gateway to Eastern Antarctica).
The lifestyle
Tasmania has a healthy culture and outdoors lifestyle with breathtaking coastlines, National Parks and award-winning restaurants and bars. Here, you will be encouraged to be your authentic self, to share your wisdom with our emerging generation of medical doctors, and in doing so, find your purpose.
In your time off, you can surf in the early mornings and go fly fishing on weekends or take photography classes, write novels, sell preserves at the weekly farmers’ markets, learn to mountain bike.
Take part in the community, volunteering and serving on boards. Spouses and children have similar opportunities to thrive in a quieter, safer, more adventurous place. After a hard day at work, you can get on your bike or put on your boots and “tell it to the mountain” in minutes, not hours.
To Apply
Please call our London office (+44) 0333 444 2000 and speak to our Senior Recruitment Consultants Will or Gareth.
You can email us at enquiries@skilledmedical.co.uk with your queries.
If in Australia, please call our Melbourne office on 1300 900 100.
Skilled Medical has many similar job opportunities with attractive remuneration packages in several states of Australia we can also discuss with you.
Work in Australia:
This permanent position is suitable for qualified UK & IE Doctors subject to meeting professional registration and work visa requirements.
To apply for this position you will require Specialist Registration with the Medical Board of Australia in this speciality.
Candidates can apply to ACEM for college comparability assessments against the criteria for an Australian-trained specialist in the same field of speciality practice to obtain medical registration with AHPRA. https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Registration/International-Medical-Graduates/Specialist-Pathway/Specialist-recognition.aspx
About Skilled Medical
Skilled Medical has offices in London and Melbourne and our experienced International Recruitment team members are available to support you through medical registration and visa sponsorship processes.
Our experienced International Recruitment team are available to discuss positions you are interested in and provide you with additional information regarding position locations and remuneration packages available to support decisions.
Our skilled Compliance teams are available to support you through the AHPRA medical registration applications and visa sponsorship processing.
Our dedicated Concierge service will assist and guide you through the relocation and settlement stages of your move to Australia.
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