The Team:

Critical Care and Retrieval (CCR) provides a state-wide Pre Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (PHRM) clinical service, as defined by the Tasmanian Role Delineation Framework (TRDF). Our critical care (medical team) responses provide pre-hospital and in-facility treatment and interfacility transport for seriously sick and injured people. We also provide medical coordination and on-scene clinical support for mass casualty incidents and disasters, and a Critical Care Management and Advice Service (CCMAS), for paramedics, doctors and nurses, and clinical coordination of high-risk interfacility transfers conducted by CCR and non-CCR crews.

The Hobart base, where these positions are based, provides CCMAS, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS), wilderness rescue and road responses with on-base doctors employed by Ambulance Tasmania (AT).

The Role:

Providing a specialist Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine (PHARM) service to Ambulance Tasmania (AT), by participation in a shift work plus on call roster to provide:

• Critical care and emergency management advice and inter-hospital transport coordination for the Department of Health, including AT paramedics and Department of Health (DoH) doctors and nurses.
• Primary (pre-hospital) and secondary (inter-hospital) medical responses for critically ill and injured patients.
• General support, education, and professional development opportunities for AT paramedics and doctors.

You will need to:

• Telephone consult and retrieval coordination service:
  1. 24-hour clinical advice for AT paramedics.
  2. Medical retrieval coordination.
• Direct clinical care:
  1. Medical care, including procedures, for adult and paediatric patients during primary (pre-hospital) and secondary (inter-hospital) medical retrieval missions by road, helicopter and fixed-wing platforms.
  2. Scene medical responses to major incidents and disasters.
• Service development:
  1. Lead and actively participate in multi-casualty incident / disaster planning and exercises.
  2. Participate in team scenario training and preparation for uncommon emergencies.
  3. Support and undertake PHARM teaching and research activities.
  4. Close liaison with Tasmanian Health Service (where the employee will also have a specialist appointment), to ensure continuity of patient care and optimal retrieval system function and design.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of appointment:

Fixed term part time, shift work (fully rotational with on-call) position, working 38 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible until 31 July 2026.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.

Salary: $216,300 to $296,640 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accordance with Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022.
  
  

Base salary points range for Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1 at $216,300 through to Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 11 at $296,640 with further salary increments available.

• Please note that access to the Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner salary range $300,216 - $310,389 is subject to the successful applicant satisfying the criteria for Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1, 2 or 3 as outlined in the Medical Practitioners (Tasmanian State Service) Award

Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022

Salary Packaging: 

You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible. 

Benefits available to eligible candidates: 

• Professional development and accelerated pathways.
• A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
• Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $14.50 per week per person, or $28.05 for a family.

More information about our Employee Benefits can be found here

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria.

• Specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia in a relevant speciality
• Eligible for, and required to maintain, credentialing by the Tasmanian Health Service in Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia or Intensive Care
• A reasonable level of physical fitness and ability to swim such that the applicant can function safely in the pre-hospital and aeromedical environments and maintain helicopter underwater egress training (HUET) currency
• A Current Driver’s Licence

Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of pre-employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.

Statement of Duties: 

• Generic Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine Consultant SMP1-11 (July 2023) CSU.docx

Application Guide:  

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide Sep 2024.docx

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.

*applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role 

For more information:

Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.

Professor Simon Brown
Medical Director - Critical Care and Retrieval
0419 796 678
[email protected]

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