- Located on the far west of the Eyre Peninsula 550 km north west of Adeleaide. Known as the oyster capital of Australia and has an approximate population of 2,289 residents
- This hospital is a 15 bed facility providing services including general medicine, birthing, renal dialysis, diagnostic radiology and emergency
- Must be available to cover entire 7-day blocks
Details
A Southern SA hospital requires a Senior Medical Officer in General Practice from 06/01/2025 to 27/01/2025.
SHIFTS:
0800 Monday 6th January 2025 – 0800 Monday 13th January 2025 (7 days including weekend on call)
0800 Monday 20th January 2025 – 0800 Monday 27th January 2025 (7 days including weekend on call)
Requirements: Shared GP roster, to include mixture of General Practice and Hospital ED Oncall
ED On Call Requirements:
• Present at the Ceduna Hospital at 8am each morning.
• See all patients presenting to the ED as required.
• Attend any ward calls for deteriorating patients.
• Provide surgical assisting in an emergency situation (this is very rare, perhaps only twice a year)
• From 7pm to 7am the following morning, the ED switches over to SA Virtual Emergency Service (SAVES). The SAVES doctor, based in Adelaide, remotely manages all Category 3,4 & 5 presentations. Between 7pm and 7am the Locum doctor will be remote on call for Category 1 & 2 presentations (see below for cat 1 & 2 presentation numbers).
Note, there is 24/7 anaesthetic on-call for assistance with resuscitation, plus 24/7 obstetric on-call. All local on-call doctors are rural generalists.
For further information about this job, please contact Skilled Medical on 1300 900 100.
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