Cons General Practice Locum at Cowra

General Practice doctor working ED night shift: ED clinical handover, care of inpatients and ED patients, rapid response/trauma/cardiac arrest coverage, documentation, supervision of juniors and students, clinical meetings, and managing transfers

Qualifications/Experience • Advanced Life Support Level 2 within the last 3 years

Duties • Face-to-face clinical handover with day doctor for 30 minutes at the beginning and end of the shift in the Emergency Department.

• Provide medical care to inpatients, complete discharge summaries and review admitted patients as requested.
• Provide onsite medical care to patients presenting to the emergency department.
• Complete contemporaneous and comprehensive clinical documentation in eMR.
• Provide and lead clinical review, rapid response, trauma and cardiac arrest services across the facility
• Check pathology and radiology results in the ED results message centre ordered by any doctor, follow-up and document management plans for any results needed further action and review any patients returning for follow-up of results.
• Participate in the training and supervision of students, junior medical officers and registrars.
• Participate in clinical meetings as requested
• Provide clear management plan for patients being admitted with full medication reconciliation and documentation.
• Accept transfers in from other hospitals and document care plan and medications.

Requirements NSW Health: Non-Specialist Medical Locum Pre-employment Mandatory Training Requirements

HETI Locum Mandatory Training Requirements:

• Adult Basic Life Support
• Between the Flags - Tier 1: Awareness, Charts and Escalation
• Fire Safety and Evacuation
• Infection Prevention Strategies for Medical Officers
• Open Disclosure
• Personal Protective Equipment for Combined Transmission Based Precautions
• Privacy – It’s Yours to Keep
• Respecting the Difference: Know the Difference
• Safety and Quality for Medical Officers
• Violence Prevention and Management for Medical Officers
• eMeds HETI Modules

Travel including Hire Car Organised by Agency with approval from WNSWLHD via Locum Email WNSWLHD-Locums@health.nsw.gov.au ** Please note: Hire cars are difficult in obtaining after hours and on weekends, so it is preferable that all locums travel in standard business times where possible.

Accommodation Organised by facility and advice provided to locum agency

ED Night Shift