• Hospital: 28 bed inpatient ward, including 1 antenatal assessment room and 1 birth suite. Usual occupancy is 60-70%, with on average half a dozen long stay stable patients awaiting nursing home placement. ED: 4 bed emergency department with average of 22 presentations in 24 hours. Variable complexity but mostly triaged as category 3-4. Roster details; Usually Locums are rostered 8 hour shifts. They are entitled to 10 hour fatigue break.
• Rostered by need. 10-hour shifts (includes weekdays and weekends) On-call: 1:2 or 1:3
• Medical team are happy to discuss flexible rostering practices

Details

A Northern QLD hospital requires a Senior Medical Officer in General Practice from 14/10/2024 to 02/02/2025.

For further information about this job, please contact Henry Davis on 1300 900 100.

Services: 28 bed inpatient ward, including 1 antenatal assessment room and 1 birth suite. Usual occupancy is 60-70%, with on average half a dozen long stay stable patients awaiting nursing home placement. 4 bed emergency department with average of 22 presentations in 24 hours. Variable complexity but mostly triaged as category 3-4. Rostering: Hospital is staffed by 5.5 FTE SMO and 1.0 FTE Medical Superintendent. 2.5 FTE PHO. 1.0 FTE Intern. Typical roster pattern is • Monday – Friday: o WARD – 1 SMO day shift, 1 intern day shift o ED – 1 SMO day shift, 1 PHO late shift, 1 SMO late shift. o Afterhours ED SMO is oncall for facility with no doctor on site. There are always two SMO oncall even when on bypass • Saturday/Sunday/Public Holiday: SMO day shift, 1 PHO day shift – covers ward and ED, SMO on late shift with oncall from 23:00 -07:00.

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