Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Hume - Wangaratta
Reference: NRQHP
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NHW are seeking 2 ACEM trainees in TS2/3 to complete a 6-month core Emergency term and 6-months in our ICU in 2027.
The Emergency term is accredited as part of ACEM’s Blended Supervision Program. Trainees have a local supervisor at NHW and a DEMT based at Western Health in Melbourne. The ICU rotation is currently accredited by ACEM as non-ED time (awaiting accreditation inspection for upgrade to meeting requirements for ACEM critical care requirement).
Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is the major health provider in the Central Hume region. NHW has recently completed a major redevelopment, including the building of a new emergency department, ICU, and expansion of medical and paediatric units.
NHW is a growing regional service with 255 beds and is the major referral facility for the greater part of Northeast Victoria. Our Emergency Department sees >32,000 presentations per year. We have a varied case mix including trauma and approximately 25% of our presentations are paediatrics. The Emergency term is accredited for the paediatric logbook.
The Emergency Department is supported by a broad range of inpatient specialties including Internal Medicine, Critical Care Unit (including ICU, HDU and CCU beds), General Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, Anaesthesia, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Geriatrics/Rehabilitation, Medical Oncology, and Mental Health services.
There is a strong emphasis on education in our department. We are involved in undergraduate and post-graduate medical education as well as nursing and allied health education. University of Melbourne’s popular rural clinical school is located onsite, with education facilities that include a simulation lab and skills centre that are utilised in our registrar education program.
Our Senior Medical Staff comprises consultants from FACEM, FACRRM and FRACGP backgrounds.
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