5 jobs found in northern territory

05/07/2019

$109,000 - $154,000 yearly

Competitive remuneration + salary packaging Registrar pay grades range between $109,000 - $154,000 Iconic Australian Not-For-Profit organisation 5 August 2019 start CareFlight is an Australian not-for-profit aeromedical organisation. Our mission is to save lives, speed recovery and serve the community. We operate from locations in NSW, northern WA and the Top End of the NT. Our specially trained doctors, nurses and paramedics use helicopters, aeroplanes, medi-jets and road ambulances to bring a hospital level of care to over 5,000 patients each year. We also deploy medical professionals to remote oil, gas & mining sites, both onshore and offshore. We offer six or 12 month terms for registrars in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care or Emergency Medicine. Previous retrieval experience is not required as our comprehensive induction and ongoing training program will teach you all you need to know. We’ll take the hassle out of coming to Australia by assisting you with your visa, college accreditation and Australian medical registration needs. The role Based in Darwin, your role will involve low and high acuity transfers within Australia, off-shore and internationally. Working from bases in Broome, Gove and Darwin you will experience many transfers from remote Aboriginal communities, including world famous areas like Kakadu National Park and Arnhem Land. If you decide to spend twelve months with us, we can broaden your horizons by providing you with a six month rotation at each base (NT/NSW). About you To be successful in this role you will: have a minimum of 5 years post graduate experience with critical care, high level airway and resuscitation skills; have 3 months experience in both Anaesthetics and Emergency Medicine; have successfully completed of ATLS or EMST; be physically fit and able to work at heights and in water; be registered to practice in Australia (or be willing to undertake medical registration); successfully complete CareFlight’s pre-employment physical assessment; be prepared to undertake Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) and hold a current passport, driver’s license and visa (if required). How to apply If you would like to be part of our team, you can apply on our website: https://careflight.org/careers/ . Further information and the full position description is also available on our website. Please ensure you attach a current resume and covering letter that addresses the role’s essential criteria . CareFlight values diversity in the workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged to apply. All employees must comply with CareFlight’s Drug and Alcohol Management Plan (DAMP) as required by CASA and may be subject to random workplace testing. Criminal Record and Working With Children Checks also apply.

CareFlight Darwin NT, Australia Seasonal

01/07/2019

Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Registrars 2020

$105,980 - $157,884 yearly

Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Registrars 2020 Alice Springs Hospital in now recruiting for the 2020 registrar year with 3-12 month contracts available. We offer a unique experience in indigenous 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 accreditation for 18 months of ACEM advanced training, and offers a supportive training environment, with FACEMs on the floor from 0730 till 2400 7 days a week. Our ED registrars can also access rotations to Paediatrics, Anaesthetics, ICU, Tennant Creek (Rural and Remote Medicine) and Retrieval Medicine. We provide quality protected registrar teaching for 4 hours a week (with separate retrieval service teaching), and highly are supportive of primary and fellowship exam candidates. We actively support your WBAs and roster supervised ‘in charge consultant’ shifts, as well as providing quality assurance shifts and anaesthetic shifts for skills maintenance. You can also complete your paediatric log book as part of your rotation. We are happy to accept applications for 3-12 months, including rotations from your home hospital. You may be able to arrange this with your DEMT or Director, and we can help facilitate this. We are also happy to accept applications from ACCRM registrars looking to undertake their EMC/ EMD. The surrounding McDonnell Ranges are exquisitely beautiful, tall gum trees stand in the river beds, and we have blue cloudless skies almost every day. Camping, walking, and mountain biking are very popular. It’s a vibrant bustling tourist town, with ample activities to keep you busy. This is a great place to come for your 6 months non-tertiary placement, to gain experience if you are thinking of doing voluntary service overseas, or if you are interested in broadening your experience of emergency medicine or Aboriginal health. For further information, please contact us: Dr Anna Fairbairn [email protected] ; To apply for a position please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Alice Springs Hospital ED Alice Springs Hospital Full time

28/06/2019

Specialist - Emergency Medicine

$174,211 - $261,304 yearly

Health Careers & Opportunities in the Northern Territory If you want your career to go places then join Department of Health in the Northern Territory. The challenges and opportunities in health and community care in the Territory are like no other in Australia, from remote Aboriginal health to tropical health and urban tertiary care. Continued investments in Aboriginal health, remote health, acute care and community services offer many opportunities for health professionals who want to be part of making a difference. TOP END HEALTH SERVICE SPECIALIST - EMERGENCY MEDICINE We’re seeking a unique doctor to provide senior support in our remote hospital ED. For the right person, we think we have a dream job. Our Emergency Department has 16,000 presentations per annum with a great mix of adult and paediatric patients. The average age of admitted adult patients is around 45 years, and best of all, there is no access block! An interest in Indigenous health is essential, as Aboriginal people from many different language groups comprise over half of our region’s population and add to the richness of our rural hospital experience. The medicine is amazing! The challenges of tropical medicine, trauma, remoteness, high acuity, complex comorbidities and the uniqueness of our hospital experience are what keep our staff so happy. An attractive remuneration, accommodation & relocation package is available with generous allowances. We offer a civilized, negotiable roster that would include some after-hours on-call responsibility, and we’re happy to work around other commitments. Our good working relationships with retrieval services and the Royal Darwin Hospital provides scope for maintaining professional networks and skills. Your Senior ED colleagues are a combination of FACEM and Senior Rural Generalists with anaesthetics and emergency medicine experience. Junior staff consist of FACRRM registrars and rotating interns & residents from Darwin Hospital. As a senior clinician with a collaborative style, you would join our stable and collegial senior inpatient clinical team consisting of General Physicians and an Obstetrician. As we are currently applying for accreditation for Emergency Medicine training, teaching and supervision are key requirements of the role, and we expect that you’ll be passionate about sharing your skills with doctors in training. Katherine – If you have dreamed of exploring outback Australia and have a love of the Australian bush, you could not be better placed. Our proximity to South East Asia as well as Nitmiluk, Kakadu and East Kimberley national parks provide endless places to explore and so much more. Our vision is to continue to establish a reputation of excellence in remote hospital service. Come join our adventure. For further information on the above position please contact Kerrie Jones on 08 8973 9333 or [email protected] Specialist Clinician Remuneration Package Range $206,832 - $252,716 (comprising salary $180,450 - $220,806, superannuation, leave loading and the value of 2 weeks extra recreation leave) Senior Specialist Clinician Remuneration Package Range $261,304 - $288,873 (comprising salary $228,359 - $252,607, superannuation, leave loading and the value of 2 weeks extra recreation leave) Emergency Department – Katherine Hospital Several fulltime or part time vacancies available for up to 2 years Quote vacancy number: 72190491 Closing date: 22/08/2019 APPLICATION INFORMATION Applicants should address the selection criteria and provide a current CV and contact details for 2 referees (preferably an email address). For a copy of the Job Description and to apply online please visit www.nt.gov.au/jobs Information on the Northern Territory and its great lifestyle is available at www.australiasnorthernterritory.com.au Note: The preferred or recommended applicant will be required to hold a current Working with Children Clearance notice / Ochre Card (application forms available from SAFE NT @ www.workingwithchildren.nt.gov.au ) and undergo a criminal history check. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history. Department of Health is a Smoke Free Workplace

Northern Territory Government Katherine Full time

21/06/2019

Staff Specialist Emergency Medicine

$180,450 - $252,607 yearly

We are currently recruiting for emergency specialists to work in the emergency departments of Royal Darwin Hospital and Palmerston Regional Hospital. We are a cohesive, progressive team dedicated to excellence in patient care and training of ACEM trainees and junior doctors. Royal Darwin Hospital is ACEM accredited as a major referral centre for two years of advanced emergency training. Palmerston Regional Hospital has accreditation for 6 months as a linked ED. We have well-established primary and fellowship teaching programs which incorporate weekly SIMS, OSCEs and many other opportunities to become involved in teaching. We are an accredited ALS course centre. Royal Darwin Hospital is the tertiary referral centre for the north west of Australia, covering some of the most remote communities on earth, with a catchment area of over 1 million square kilometres. The case-mix is unique with a young population (average age 29), and the highest per capita rates of acute rheumatic fever, TB, blunt and penetrating trauma in Australia. Royal Darwin Hospital also houses the Australian National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre for disaster operations in South East Asia which offers APLS, ALS, MIMMS, Australian Trauma Team Training and other courses. Darwin is a vibrant, tropical, cosmopolitan city with a population of 200,000, boasting excellent access to world heritage national parks in Kakadu, Litchfield and the Kimberley. The lifestyle is laid back and friendly with an emphasis on outdoor leisure activities, particularly camping, bush walking, cycling, and fishing. We offer a competitive remuneration package, with relocation reimbursement, initial onsite accommodation, 6 weeks recreation leave and 2 weeks of study leave annually. Staff specialist year level 1-6 $180 450 - $220 806 pa Senior staff specialist year level 1-3 $228 359 - $252 607 pa Please contact: Didier Palmer, Director of Emergency Medicine +61 (0)8 8922 8888 or [email protected]

Royal Darwin Palmerston Hospitals Royal Darwin Hospital Emergency Department, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi NT, Australia Full time

04/04/2019

Pre-Hospital Retrieval Registrars, Alice Springs Hospital.

$120 - $160 yearly

Step outside of your comfort zone. More than a job, the Central Australian Retrieval service offers a unique experience in a different culture, where YOU make a difference every day. 6 months in Retrieval Medicine (Full Time). Positions available from August 2019. The opportunity to put your clinical skills to the test in a resource-limited setting exists right here! See our website: www.centralaustralianretrieval.com.au The combination of pathology and geography presents a unique challenge, and our retrieval doctors need to be able to manage a broad range of critical illness in a remote environment. The one service covers all age groups and presentations. Telephone advice is available from the retrieval consultants, who work closely with intensive care, paediatric and obstetric specialists as required. In 6 months, you are likely to undertake around 60-80 cases, including: Lots of severe sepsis, including patients requiring critical interventions such as intubation. Up to 20 % paediatric patients, predominantly with respiratory, GI tract and soft tissue infections. Trauma — such as motor vehicle accidents on remote highways. Missed dialysis with pulmonary oedema / hyperkalaemia. Cardiac disease — such as acute coronary syndromes, rheumatic heart disease and valvular disease. Obstetric emergencies such premature labour. Psychiatric and behavioural emergenices requiring sedation for safe transport. You will also be responsible for the inter-hospital transfer of patients to tertiary services with definitive care options such as angiography, neurosurgery or cardiothoracics. You will also be provided with the unique opportunity to work alongside Medical Retrieval Consultants in the coordination centre. Working for a retrieval service that feeds into a single hospital provides you with the opportunity to follow the entire patient journey; from the first point of contact by phone, through retrieval to hospital admission and discharge. REQUIREMENTS You must be an advanced trainee, preferably in the last two years of a critical care training programme (ACEM, CICM, ANZCA, ACCRM). Desirable experience of 6 months in an Emergency Department, 6 months in an Intensive Care Unit, and 3 months in Anaesthetics. The ability to be the clinical lead, working with a flight nurse or paramedic, providing critical care to patients in remote settings. Advice on management will be available by telephone via the Medical Retrieval and Coordination Centre. Excellent communication and teamwork skills are required. You will need the ability to work in complex cross cultural environments. The role of medical retrieval co-ordination fellow is available to practitioners with 6 or more months of retrieval experience. Alice Springs is in a beautiful and unique part of the world with good schools, an accepting and multicultural community, eclectic arts and entertainment, as well as many sporting opportunities. All within a backyard that many travel across the world to see and experience. It is a regional town of approximately 27000 people nestled between East and West MacDonnell Ranges. Blue skies prevail most of the year making it the perfect base for mountain biking, hiking and camping enthusiasts. Highlights of the social calendar include the annual Beanie Festival, Ingkerreke Mountain Bike Enduro, Camel Cup, and various arts and music festivals including The Desert Festival and Wide Open Space. Remuneration will be in accordance with the current NT OCPE EBA negotiations

Central Australian Retrieval Service Alice Springs Hospital, The Gap NT, Australia Full time