House Officer - Clinical Rotations

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Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

  • To provide education and training to medical students and other staff. This will be supervised by the University of Queensland. 50% of the FTE of the role will be for this purpose.
  • The appointee who is undertaking the Transitional Year of the CICM training will initially work on the Senior registrar roster. Over the course of the year, they will gradually progress under supervision and be given more responsibility. Towards the end of the year, if progress is satisfactory, they will work on the consultant roster under supervision. Progression of responsibility and level of supervision will be dependent on satisfactory performance.
  • The appointee who is not undertaking the Transitional Year of the CICM training will work on the registrar roster and be provided with supervision suitable for their level of training.
  • Provision of inpatient care including:
  • Participate in patient history taking and diagnosis, including ordering relevant tests.
  • Participate in the development of patients' treatment and development plans.
  • Participate in the provision of emergency treatment to patients.
  • Ensure treatment orders are appropriately documented (including medications and general management plans).
  • Develop discharge summaries for patients in a timely manner.
  • Access appropriate information regarding consent for operations and procedures and appropriately inform the patient of this information.
  • Access information to enhance the quality of patient care e.g. accessing information on patients' medications.
  • Organise patient consultation with medical and interprofessional disciplinary teams as necessary. Working collaboratively with other members of the interprofessional team.
  • Review patient's progress as necessary and consult with senior team members.
  • Ensure timely, effective and appropriate clinical handover with other staff and healthcare providers.
  • Develop a clear understanding of the role and the roles of those in other professions and use this knowledge appropriately to establish consumer goals and to achieve streamlined consumer care.
  • Maintain high level interpersonal, communication, conflict management and negotiation skills with members of the health care team, patients/residents/clients and visitors to the service.

 Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).




20 April 2024
Location: Australia Queensland Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South
Salary: As per State Award AUD per year
Work type:
Locum Tenens
PLEASE! No enquiries from Recruitment Agencies or Headhunters.

Only direct applications will be considered.

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