SAAS MedSTAR Paediatric/Neonatal Retrieval Registrars (Multiple Vacancies)

• SA Ambulance Service, MedSTAR Kids Emergency Retrieval Service, Adelaide Airport
• Indicative Total Remuneration: $82,042 - $132,633 - Multiple positions: Temp F/T (up to 12 mths) - MDP2

As a Paediatric Retrieval Registrar, you will provide the highest level of emergency medical patient care, treatment and transport to critically ill or injured children and neonates across South Australia. You will work with an experienced Neonatal and Paediatric Retrieval Nurse to deliver high quality, patient focused care via road vehicle, turbo prop fixed wing aircraft or helicopter. You will bring experience in neonatal and paediatric critical care medical disciplines to provide immediate care to patients in inter-facility transport and retrieval environments. You may also participate in patient retrieval and repatriation utilising jet fixed wing and commercial airlines.

Demonstrating independent and autonomous experience in the initial management of acutely ill and injured children and neonates, you will require the ability to effectively work within a multi-disciplinary team assembled in the pre and inter-hospital setting to address urgent and emergency health responses. Excellent communication skills with a focus on problem solving and conflict resolution will be essential.

You will be supported and mentored prior to independent retrieval operations and via ongoing teaching, training, audit and quality assurance activities and have the opportunity to gain experience operating as a member of a high functioning and experienced team of professional emergency medicine Physicians/Consultants, Paramedics and Nurses. Opportunities also exist for you to be involved an Educational Program through the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and the Flinders Medical Centre NICU & PICU departments, including attending clinical rounds.

Holding a Bachelor of Medicine: Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent, you will be registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as Medical Practitioner and satisfy mandatory registration requirements in accordance with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA). Your experience will include six months of Neonatal/Paediatric critical care experience, and you would have spent significant time in a Level 6 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that may include time spent in a Tertiary level Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 702894

702894 - SAAS MedSTAR Paediatric Neonatal Retrieval Registrars - Job Pack.pdf