Trainee - Stage 1
🔍 Statewide
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- Emergency Medicine
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- Mid North Coast Local Health District
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- CAM26582 Requisition #
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM26582
Tired of big cities? Want to start your days sitting on your deck in the sun, enjoying a cup of coffee and listening to the birds? Or would you rather have a surf or a walk along the beach before work?
The Hastings Macleay Clinical Network hosts a dynamic group of young, enthusiastic FACEMs, passionate about training of our FACEMs to be. Port Macquarie ED is a regional trauma centre and sees 50,000 presentations per year, with 25 % Paediatric presentations. We believe that being a regional trainee gives a broader experience, with greater access to a wide range of patients and procedures on your day-to-day shift, with a supportive team around you 24/7 as you develop your leadership skills. Outside of work, the Hastings Macleay is a beautiful place to live and offers the opportunity for a great work life balance
Opportunities offered include:
- Rural funding for use for training courses/relocation costs
- Access to training terms in:
- rural Kempsey District hospital (commutable distance, access to great learning opportunities from this low socio-economic, high Aboriginal, low health literacy area, with the same FACEM supervision and support)
- Paediatrics,
- Anaesthetics,
- ICU,
- General Medicine
- Ultrasound and more
- Regular training days and exam preparation programme, with a high success rate and ongoing job opportunities
- Access to non-clinical portfolios
- Research and audit opportunities
What you'll be doing
Trainees undertaking the care of medical patients should ensure that they operate within their own level of expertise within a collaborative clinical care model and to seek consultation with their colleagues when appropriate. Stage 1 Trainees work under a level of supervision according to their competence in the following activities:
- Taking a leadership role in coordinating the admission, assessment, management, and discharge planning of patients
- Communicating assessment and management decisions to other staff involved in the patient’s care
- Communicating with the patient / family regarding the patient’s condition and management plans
- Coordinating diagnostic tests and consultations with other medical specialists
- Arranging the patient discharge process and liaising with local medical officers and community based care modalities for optimal post discharge care
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team with an understanding of the roles of the doctor and other members of the health care team.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, family members and others members of the health care team.
- Demonstrated good organizational and time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to self-education.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Mandy Wynter on mandy.wynter@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 05, August 2025
