Central Australia specialities and rotations

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The Emergency Department at the Alice Springs Hospital is a unique place to work with approximatley 50000 presentations annually, of which more than 20 per cent are children.

The medicine is incredibly diverse with a prevalence of rheumatic heart disease, bronchiectasis, chronic liver disease, renal disease, sepsis, and diabetes in a young population with a median age of 34.

There are high incidents of trauma, with motor vehicle accidents (MVAs), truncal and thigh stabbings, and blunt trauma from assault. We offer a unique experience in Aboriginal Health, practising high acuity medicine in a young population where around 80% of our patients are Aboriginal Australians.

The medical workforce consists of interns, Resident Medical Officer (RMOs) and Senior Resident Medical Officer (SRMOs), Registrars and Emergency Department Consultants. Registrars are predominantly Australian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) trainees, with a number of General Practitioner/Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) trainees, many of whom undertake the Emergency Medicine Certificate or Diploma.

Specialist staff provide a supportive, enthusiastic, educational and safe working environment, and are rostered on the floor from 0730-2400 and on-call overnight.

ED Interns and Residents

Interns and residents in Emergency Medicine undertake a variety of day, evening and night shifts and receive three hours of consultant-led protected teaching on Wednesday afternoons. Rotations in emergency can be arranged through Medical Administration as part of a mixed rotation year.

ED SRMOs

SRMOs need to be at least PGY3 with a minimum of six months previous Emergency Department experience.  It is an ideal rotation to allow you to get the experience required to apply for ACEM training.

There are four 10-hour shifts per week, supervised directly by the specialist or the night registrar during the evening. SRMOs who are not in ACEM training are encouraged to complete the Emergency Medicine Certificate as a six-month undertaking.

ED Registrars

The ED has Tier 1 and Training stage 4 accreditation for non-major referral ACEM ED training, including your paediatric log book/ PER, and offers a supportive training environment.

Our ED registrars can also access accredited rotations to:

• Paediatrics,
• Anaesthetics,
• ICU,
• Tennant Creek (Rural and Remote Medicine + Core ED with blended supervision),
• Retrieval Medicine,
• as well as a new position in Aboriginal Health looking after our Aboriginal Frequent Attender team.

We are also accredited for ACRRM core training as well as Advanced Special Skills training in Emergency Medicine.

There are four hours of protected registrar teaching each week and support is given to the primary and fellowship exams, including exam training assistance, which have a good success rate.

Quality assurance shifts for skills development are provided, along with support for Work Based Assessments (WBAs) and roster supervised ‘in-charge consultant’ shifts.

Applications are accepted for the whole year (or longer by negotiation), or rotations for three or six months arrangement with their home hospital.

The Emergency Department is a great place for a six-month non-tertiary placement, gaining experience prior to undertaking voluntary service overseas, or for broadening experience in emergency medicine or Aboriginal health.

FACEMs

The Alice Springs ED is a consultant driven department with a strong local group of FACEMS who are passionate about working in Central Australia.

Many of our FACEMS work across the both the Emergency Department and Medical Retrieval and Consultation Centre.

We are happy to receive expressions of interest for FACEM positions at any time. Please contact Stephen Gourley (Director of Emergency Medicine) or Anna Fairbairn (Deputy Director of Emergency Medicine through: MedicalRecruitmentASH@nt.gov.au.

Contact

For further information on emergency resident positions contact Medical Administration by emailing MedicalRecruitmentASH@nt.gov.au.

For further information on Emergency SRMO positions and Registrar positions please contact Dr Anna Fairbairn, Emergency Staff Specialist by emailing  MedicalRecruitmentASH@nt.gov.au