Emergency Medicine Service and Trainee Registrars

WA Country Health Service, Bunbury Hospital is seeking enthusiastic Emergency Medicine Service and Trainee Registrars who wants to combine a great mix of rural and regional medicine with one of WA’s best kept secrets in terms of location and lifestyle. We currently have six- and twelve-months full time opportunities available.

Do you want to combine a great mix of rural and regional medicine with one of WA’s best kept secrets in terms of location and lifestyle?

As an ED registrar at Bunbury Hospital, you will get unrivalled exposure to “real” Emergency Medicine (including procedures) within a fully supervised department. If you believe “variety is the spice of life” Bunbury could be the place for you!

The Campus is a 171-bed hospital that functions as the regional resource centre for the Southwest region with all major specialties present on site including ICU and CCU/Cath lab. As the regional centre for the Southwest and being the only Emergency Department in Bunbury, this means you will be exposed to the whole spectrum of acute medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric, gynaecological, and mental health related illnesses.

The Emergency Department is the largest department in the hospital and the biggest Emergency Department in WA outside of Perth.  The Department consists of 39 beds including ED ambulatory care and Short Stay Unit.  The Department receives more than 45,000 presentations per year of whom approximately 40% require admission.  Case mix, including acuity and activity is highly varied. Our patients are younger than many tertiary sites with 25% being children. The department sees the whole spectrum of Emergency Presentations and registrars generally have more opportunity for procedures than in metropolitan tertiary EDs. Emergency Department staff may assist with medical transfers on the Bunbury Rescue Helicopter.

ED medical staff include Specialist Emergency Physicians, Senior Medical Practitioners, Registrars, Residents, and Interns. The lifestyle is highly desired, and the regional location means very short commutes to work.

Bunbury Health Campus provides the opportunity for the following:

• Twenty-four months ACEM training ED time - accredited for 10 trainees.
• Accredited for ACEM PLB/PER
• Accredited (and highly rated) training rotations to anaesthetics and foundation Intensive Care Unit
• Medical education and simulation SST
• Hands on care for all patients
• Education: Protected multi-modal departmental education, grand rounds, in situ sim, code blue sim and more
• Exam preparation training—protected time (Primary and Fellowship Exam) - with proven track record of success
• Full access to exam and study leave
• Access to the ACEM EM Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma
• Rural Generalist Training with accreditation with RACGP and ACRRM for both core and advanced training

Applicants must have a minimum of six months experience in Critical Care Medicine (Emergency; Acute Medicine; Intensive Care Unit or Anaesthetics).

ACEM trainees, SIMGs, GP and RG trainees and others are welcome to apply. If you do, Bunbury Hospital offers an excellent opportunity to experience a wide variety of presentations in a regional setting.

We encourage you to contact Dr Ehab Badawy, Consultant Emergency Medicine on [email protected] for any additional queries.

Alternatively, please contact Maddison Matthews, Senior Medical Workforce Officer [email protected]