SRMO/Internal Medicine/General Medicine

Northern NSW

25 May 2024 - 26 May 2024

$160/hour

Junior Medical Officer
Internal Medicine

  • Night shift
  • Onsite shared accommodation provided & travel up to $800 reimbursed (flights or mileage only)
  • Not on call

Details

A Northern NSW hospital requires a Junior Medical Officer in Internal Medicine from 25/05/2024 to 26/05/2024.

SHIFTS:

Saturday, 25 May 2024 2130-0830 $160.00
Sunday, 26 May 2024 2130-0830 $160.00

General Medicine/ Wards: - night Medical Registrar
Bed Numbers: 56 beds (across 2 units)
Shift times: 2130-0830
Staffing levels for each shift time: 1FTE RMO and 1FTE Night Medical Registrar
How much support is provided: Medical Registrars on-site until 2200. General Surgery, Orthopaedic
Registrars on-site until 2100 and then oncall until 0700. Anaesthetic Registrar onsite until 00:00 then oncall
until 0800. ICU, ED, Paediatrics, O&G have 24hrs onsite cover and can assist if any concerns. There is
always a Physician on-call for escalations.
Any other important shift information: Hospital has a MET and CAT team managed by ICU doctors and
Nurses. It is expected the night Medical Registrar attends the MET call to render assistance.

The role of the Night doctor is to provide cover to the wards for acute issues that cannot wait until morning. On-Call registrars (Surgical, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, and Anaesthetics) are rostered and available after hours to provide additional support if required by the night doctor. There is a paediatric SRMO/Registrar and ICU SRMO/Registrar on site 24/7. The Night doctor primary job is to cover the wards. In exceptional circumstances the Night doctor may be asked to assist in ED. The Night doctor is responsible for patients admitted under medical, surgical, orthopaedic, rehabilitation, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry and palliative care teams. This includes surgical, orthopaedic, medical and gynaecological patients on the paediatric ward and inpatients remaining in ED due to non-availability of inpatient beds. Medical patients are covered by their admitting VMO/Physician/Psychiatrist on call and need to be notified if there is a significant change in the patient’s condition. The Night Ward doctor role is to keep the patient safe until the morning.
When there is a local night RMO on shift the locum will be the admitting SRMO overnight for ED and is expected to provide guidance and support to the local night RMO. The night doctor is required to attend clinical reviews, MET calls and cardiac arrests. The ICU team is the lead in MET calls and cardiac arrests. Direction is to be taken by ICU in the management of the patient. It is important they understand; they are not alone.    

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