Ward Registered Medical Officer

UnitingCare Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite gym

Job summary

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital (SAWMH) in Spring Hill, Brisbane, part of UnitingCare Health, seeks Ward Registered Medical Officers for a limited hours hospital call role supported by a 24/7 ICU team. Service shifts run 08:00–24:00 weekdays and 08:00–18:00 on weekends, with CALS and AHPRA requirements essential for practice.

The unit offers extensive specialty exposure within a large hospital network. The role involves ward rounds, rapid assessment, MERT and CODE BLUE involvement, and

Qualifications

• Current accreditation in Advanced Life Support skills.
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Familiarity with the Cardiac Advance Life Support (CALS) guidelines is highly recommended.

Responsibilities

• Perform a general ward round at least once per shift.
• Communicate significant changes in a patient’s condition to the admitting VMO.
• Ensure timely clinical assessment and arrange initial investigations or treatment as indicated.
• Attend MERT calls and develop management plans with the admitting VMO.
• Attend CODE BLUE calls with the ICU team.
• Attend ward rounds led by ICU specialists.
• Liaise with treating VMOs as appropriate.
• Assist with unit educational programs.

Skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Clinical assessment

Education

AHPRA registration

Advanced Life Support Accreditation

Familiarity with CALS guidelines

Job description

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital (SAWMH), Spring Hill, is seeking Ward Registered Medical Officers. The Ward RMO role is currently a limited hours hospital call role which is well supported by a 24/7 ICU team. Service operation times are 08:00 – 24:00 Monday to Friday (split into 08:00 – 16:00 / 16:00 – 24:00 shifts), including weekday public holidays, and 08:00 – 18:00 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

SAWMH is a 250 bedded hospital and part of UnitingCare, providing health and community services to thousands of people every day through its services.

Surgical Disciplines

Cardiothoracic, Vascular, Neurosurgery, ENT, Urology and General Surgery

Medical Disciplines

Cardiology, Renal, Gastroenterology, Respiratory, General Medicine and ED

Role Description

The position reports directly to the Director of Medical Services, however, has day to day supervision from the Director of the ICU and his Deputies.

Current accreditation in Advanced Life Support skills is essential.

Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Familiarity with the Cardiac Advance Life Support (CALS) guidelines is highly recommended.

Requirements and Opportunities

Perform a general round of the hospital wards at least once per shift.

Communicating any significant changes in a patient’s clinical condition with the admitting VMO.

Ensuring timely clinical assessment (at the request of nursing staff or VMOs) of any patient whose condition may have changed and arranging initial investigations and/or initiating treatment if clinically indicated, in consultation with the admitting VMO.

Attending all MERT calls and arranging an appropriate management plan with the admitting VMO.

Attending CODE BLUE calls in conjunction with the ICU team.

Attend ward rounds led by the ICU specialists.

Liaise with treating VMO’s as appropriate.

Assist with unit educational programs.

Perform ICU pre-admissions on all open-heart surgical cases and percutaneous valves.

Perform post ICU dishcarge reviews of all patients discharged to the wards.

Clinical handover of patients of concern to the Ward RMO on the next shift or to the ICU RMO.

SAWMH has an onsite gymnasium that you can use at your leisure.

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple– everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.