Accredited position:
ACEM

Training pathway:
FACEM

About the organisation:

ERH services the Shire of Campaspe and the cross-border Murray River Council. Echuca Moama and townships are located directly across the state border from one another, separated by the Murray River.

Echuca and Moama are vibrant tourist towns with exciting cultural heritage, restaurant scene, sporting facilities, seemingly endless leisure and recreational options all within 2 ½ hours from Melbourne. Excellent preschool, primary and secondary education options are available.

ERH provides a comprehensive range of acute, medical, surgical and sub-acute services plus residential aged care and a broad range of community healthcare services. With a strong focus on increasing our capacity as a sub-regional teaching health service, Echuca Regional Health employees are dedicated professionals who strive to deliver the best possible care to their community.

Is this role for you?
Supporting the Director in the provision of excellence in emergency medicine at ERH; Promote and deliver excellence in emergency medicine training to Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) trainees, prevocational trainees and other health professionals and students; When rostered clinically, assess and treat all categories of patients presenting to the Emergency Department along best practice guidelines, including stabilisation of the acutely ill patient; Maintaining the senior roster for the Emergency Department in collaboration with the Director and Medical Workforce Unit; Act for the Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine during leave or as otherwise operationally required