Join a large regional tertiary health service by supporting vibrant western Victorian regional hospital, urgent care and GP practice
The Stawell Urgent Care Centre provides the Stawell community and local surrounds with access to emergency and urgent care when required. The Urgent Care Centre has 8 available cubicles including two resuscitation cubicles and provides care for approximately 7500-8500 patients per year. The Simpson Ward at Stawell Hospital has 12 inpatient beds. There are two operating theatres, specialist medical and surgical outpatient clinics and a day oncology centre.
The Rural Generalist role is to provide medical cover onsite at the Urgent Care Centre between 10:00-1800, then in an on-call capacity between the hours of 18:00-08:00 for all adult and paediatric ATS category 1 and 2 and category 3 patients who do not meet the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) inclusion criteria. VVED is utilised from 18:00-08:00 hrs for non-complex category 3 and all category 4 and 5 patients presenting to the Urgent Care Centre.
Rural Generalists assist with medical reviews on Simpson ward during the week and on the weekend conduct structured ward rounds renumerated according to EBA penalty rates. The Simpson ward is supported by a junior medical staff member seven days per week.
Work at the Stawell Medical Centre on non Stawell Urgent Care rostered days can be also arranged. The Stawell Medical Centre is a well regarded part of the community having served the community for more than 70 years. It has eight consulting rooms and two treatment rooms and provides services including women's health and sexual and reproductive health.
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At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
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Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact David Langsford on 5320 4322 for a confidential discussion.
We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.
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All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
