Emergency Medicine - Staff Specialist - ISLHD - F/T & P/T Roles Available

Position Classification: Staff Specialist.

Remuneration: $240,419 - $296,682 per annum (based on full-time). 25% ED Physician Allowance may apply.

Hours Per Week: 40 (based on full-time)

Requisition ID: 205523

Applications Close: 31 January 2021.

Are you looking for a sea change? Are you interested in developing Emergency Services across our LHD? Here is the opportunity to work in a Major Tertiary referral hospital or one of our Regional hospitals. All of this while living next to the beach, without having the hustle and bustle of the big city.

A variety of full-time and part-time Staff Specialist positions have become available at Wollongong, Shellharbour and Shoalhaven Hospitals for passionate and motivated individuals to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine.

Our District Emergency Departments see a combined total of nearly 150,000 patients per year. We have access to most specialties within our region, including general, trauma and sub-specialty surgery, general and sub-specialty medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and mental health.

The ISLHD Emergency Departments are accredited by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) for 18 months at Wollongong Hospital and 6 months at Shoalhaven Hospital for Advanced Emergency Registrar training. Shellharbour Hospital is in the process of securing 6 months linked accreditation with Wollongong. Further opportunities for teaching includes medical students from the local University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine through to the ACEM Emergency Medicine Certificate and Diploma. We also offer simulation, research and service development opportunities via these resources.

Our District is progressive and we are evolving our team approach with a renewed focus on teaching, learning and culture. We believe in respecting each other as individuals first and working together based on our skills, not our titles. We work in a challenging area but live in an amazing place – by having a focus on staff wellbeing and helping each other out we aim to provide equal access to quality emergency medical care for the people of the Illawarra Shoalhaven.

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