Toxicology Registrar 2024 - Adelaide CBD, Australia - SA Health

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3 weeks ago

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Description

Job no: 836499

Work type:
Full time

Location:
Adelaide CBD

Categories:
Medical

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Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Royal Adelaide Hospital:

Salary MDP-2 $87,934
$142,159 p

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Salary MDP-3 $146,555 - $152,416 p

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Full-time temporary from 5/2/24 up to 2/2/25

About the role

The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is South Australia's largest accredited teaching hospital and is offering a 12-month full time position comprising of 6 month rotations in Clinical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine.

Its Toxicology Service is the state's only inpatient Clinical Toxicology unit, providing inpatient care at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and consultative cover to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Women's & Children's Hospital, and the MedStar Retrieval Service.

It manages patients with poisoning, botanical and chemical exposures, and envenoming, and has a significant role in the management of withdrawal states.

The Toxicology Registrar role offers a unique opportunity for clinical exposure to both toxicology and addiction medicine, and is supported by a structured teaching program.

The Toxicology Registrar reports directly to the Toxicology Consultant, and under their supervision is responsible for direct care deliver to patients admitted to the Toxicology Unit.

The registrar will be directly involved in the assessment and management of toxicology cases through both hospital-based service delivery and rostered participation in the provision of consultative toxicology support.

The trainee will be involved in regular audit of unit activity, research, and the delivery of Toxicology specific medical education to general ED trainees and other professional groups.

The Royal Adelaide Emergency Department sees close to 80,000 patients per year with a 42% admission rate.

It has a catchment area for trauma covering all of South Australia and adjacent sections of the neighbouring states and serves as the major trauma centre for South Australia.

It treats over 1700 trauma patients per year with 25% of these being classed as having serious injury.

In 2017 we moved to a new state-of-the-art facility, costing $2.5 billion, becoming Australia's most advanced hospital, and forming a critical part of the $3 billion South Australian Health and Biomedical Research Precinct, the largest health precinct in the southern hemisphere.

The RAH has all specialities except paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology. It is the Stroke Centre for South Australia, and performs endovascular clot retrieval. The RAH also is the major Burns Centre for South Australia.

Emergency Registrars are ensured their working experience will expose them to a wide variety of emergency medicine experiences and will be supported by a direct consultant presence for at least 16 hours/day, with consultants on call and willingly available during the remain hours overnight.

The Emergency Department provides a structured teaching program in Emergency Medicine.

Trainees have access to protected and paid weekly teaching time, and access to the simulation centre at the University of Adelaide.

Our consultant faculty consists of college examiners, FACEMS with regional ACEM educational positions, ALS, APLS, EMST, ETM and MIMMS instructors, as well as FACEMS with further qualification in toxicology, ultrasound, prehospital and retrieval medicine.

This places us in a great position to provide comprehensive education to our medical officers.

About CALHN

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South's Australia's major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct.

We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.

We're looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

What we offer

Attractive salary packaging available
17.5 per cent Leave loading applied to your annual leave
Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
Onsite Gym and Day Care facilities available to staff at TQEH and RAH.
Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.
The South Australian Government is offering financial incentives for those who relocate here. Successful applicants who sign contracts with SA Health before the end of 2023 will be eligible for financial reimbursements of up to $15,000. This will help cover relocation costs such as travel, shortterm accommodation, and other reasonable expenses.

Find out more:
Relocation support | SA Health

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