Alice Springs currently has positions available within our FACEM team.      Alice Springs Hospital is a 210 bed facility with a great culture of collaboration between the different specialities.  We are 1500km to the nearest tertiary facility and service an area of over 1 million km2 with around 50000 presentations a year with a 42% admission rate, median age of 34 years and 22% paediatric presentations.   We offer high acuity medicine in a young population where 80% patients are Aboriginal, and see high rates of rheumatic heart disease, bronchiectasis, chronic liver disease, overwhelming sepsis, renal disease, as well as significant trauma.    As a smaller facility we have great collegiate relationships with our inpatient colleagues – and access block and overcrowding is the exception rather than the rule.   The hospital has a 10 bed ICU/ HDU. The hospital is serviced by General physicians, Renal physicians, General surgeons, Orthopaedics,...

Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Registrars 2024   Alice Springs Hospital is recruiting for Emergency Registrars and SRMOs for 2024, with 3-12 month contracts available (longer contracts available by negotiation).     We offer a unique experience in Aboriginal Health - practising high acuity medicine in a young population where 80% patients are Aboriginal.  You will see rheumatic heart disease, bronchiectasis, chronic liver disease, overwhelming sepsis, high rates or renal disease and diabetes as well as significant trauma.    We service an area of over 1 million km2 with around 50000 presentations a year with a 42% admission rate, median age of 34 years and 22% paediatric presentations.   The ED has Tier 1 and Training stage 4 accreditation for non-major referral ACEM ED training, including your paediatric log book/ PER, and offers a supportive training environment.  FACEMs are on the floor from 0730 till 2400 7 days a week. Our ED...