Senior Medical Officer

Senior Medical Officer

General Medical/Surgical Inpatient, Urgent Care Centre

Kyabram District Health Service is seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior Medical Officer to join our team.

As a Senior Medical Officer at Kyabram District Health Service, you will play a key role in providing high-quality medical care to our community members. This position offers the opportunity to lead and contribute to the delivery of comprehensive healthcare services.

• Full time - 3 shifts per week (12 hours per shift) with 1:2 weekends included in these shifts with 4 hours per fortnight off inpatient/Urgent Care duties, to pursue areas of interest (negotiable).
• Generous Remuneration based on experience and role (as per the Victoria Doctors in Training EBA) $163,352 - $181,192 base rate plus 11% superannuation and other professional allowances
• Access to generous salary packaging arrangements to increase your take home pay
• Relocation assistance, including short-term accommodation

Overview

Kyabram District Health Service (KDHS) is a medium-sized rural health service that delivers a range of programs and services including acute, subacute, residential aged care and allied and primary health care services. KDHS has three campuses located in the townships of Kyabram, Stanhope and Tongala.

KDHS is a passionate inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We are a culturally diverse organisation with a wide variety of people from different races, cultures, age, gender, ethnicity, physical ability, sexual orientation, religious belief, work experience and education background. We believe diversity drives innovation and we will continue to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a reflex and where there is a deep sense of pride, passion and belonging that transcends any role.

About the role

The Senior Medical Officer will deliver medical care to our 30-bed Acute inpatient ward, our Urgent Care Centre, averaging close to 5000 presentations per annum and support the acute medical needs of residential aged care.

You will

• Serve as an admitting medical officer for admissions to the Acute Ward within the capability of Kyabram District Health and in line with health service admissions policies and procedures.
• Conduct clinical handover with other health care providers, and complete discharge/transfer documentation to patients and/or external health care providers.
• Attend and provide medical care in rapid response situations across the health service, including Basic/Advanced Life Support, airway/ventilation management, vascular access and other resuscitative treatments.

The Senior Medical Officer attends on site from 0800-2000 each rostered day covering the Urgent Care Centre, acute inpatients and aged care residents (in collaboration with each patient's usual GP).

The Senior Medical Officer is on-call from 2000-0800, each rostered day, covering Categories 1 and 2 Urgent Care Centre patients (Categories 3 to 5 patients are covered by a telemedicine service), and acute inpatients/aged care residents (generally by telephone).

About You

To be considered for this role, you must have:

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (or equivalent)
• General medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• Credentialing as a Senior Medical Officer (including General Practitioner)

Ideally, you may also have Fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine or Australian College of Emergency Medicine but this is not compulsory.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Professional development opportunities
• Supportive work environment
• Opportunity to make a positive impact on the health and well-being of the community

Further Information

Download a copy of the position description and contact Director Medical Services, Dr. Ka Chun Tse (KC) on 0457 927 065  or drop him an email at kc@kyhealth.org.au

 Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza is a mandatory requirement for this role.

All appointments are made subject to satisfactory police check and (where relevant a Victorian ‘Employee’ Working with Children’s Check). Completion of a Commonwealth of Australia Statutory Declaration is required prior to commencement. KDHS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

KDHS would like to acknowledge that we operate on Yorta Yorta land and wish to pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise our First Peoples as the Oldest Living Culture on the Planet and their connection to our lands and waterways.