Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29062
Ready to take your ICU training to the next level? Step into a high-acuity role where you’ll lead, learn, and deliver life-saving care in a dynamic regional intensive care unit.
Where you'll be working
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital (WWBH) is one of the busiest rural hospitals in NSW and has
recently been transformed by a $431million redevelopment. It was delivered in three stages and completed in 2021. The health campus includes:
- a referral hospital called Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Opened in 2017, it supports over 40,000 emergency presentations, 1,100 births and approximately 11,000 operations each year.
- a 24-hour Emergency Department equipped with telehealth cameras to connect the team in Wagga Wagga with other specialists or GPs across the state through the Critical Care Advisory Service, ensuring you get the care you need.
- a purpose-built Health Services Hub which opened in 2021. The new facility, linked to the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, offers a range of important services from a single site. The multi-storey building accommodates acute aged care inpatient beds, rehabilitation inpatient beds, an older person's mental inpatient unit, Hospital in the Home, expanded renal dialysis unit, expanded oral (dental) service, 60 clinic rooms and treatment spaces for allied health, outpatient, and community health services. There is also a Staff Hub and 30 staff meeting rooms of varying sizes with an electronic booking system and the latest presentation technology; a new lecture theatre and two nearby conference rooms, new clinical education and training spaces, including a simulation room and skills area and facilities for virtual training; a library, a dedicated Aboriginal meeting room and cultural courtyard; cafe; new multi-faith space; and facilities for corporate volunteers. There is also secure parking for fleet vehicles under the Health Services Hub.
- a specialised Mental Health Unit, which opened in 2013, to provide a large modern and comfortable facility. Community mental health services are co-located on the campus in the new Health Services Hub.
Wagga Wagga Health Service provides services including critical care, medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric, and rehabilitation care. We also provide mental health and community health services. We work with a team of specialists which include cardiovascular, gastroenterology, renal medicine, obstetrics, orthopaedics, psychiatry, and paediatrics. There is also the provision of a full range of allied health and support services such as oral health, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sexual health and violence prevention and response services.
Location
Wagga Wagga is the largest regional city in NSW with an urban population of around 67,000 residents, nestled on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River.
Located midway between Sydney and Melbourne, Wagga Wagga was recently recognised as being one of the ‘top family’ friendly cities in Australia, and is the hub of the Riverina.
Wagga Wagga offers a myriad of activities to enjoy, including a wonderful selection of restaurants, cafes, markets and wineries, galleries, and museums. It has terrific gardens and recreational areas and caters to both the cultural and sporting enthusiasts.
There are extensive education options from early childhood through to tertiary, including public and private primary and secondary schools, the TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, Charles Sturt University, The University of NSW Rural Clinical School, and The University of Notre Dame – Rural Clinical School.
Wagga Wagga is only a 60 min flight from Sydney or Melbourne and 3.5hr drive to Thredbo Village.
MLHD - Advanced Trainee - Intensive Care
This position is appropriate for medical officers (at the commencement of the position PGY 4 and above) who are interested in training in intensive care medicine. The position is suitable for advanced trainees of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM). The clinical role allocated to the advanced trainee may vary depending on the experience and seniority of the advanced trainee and operational requirements of the ICU.
The purpose of the position is to provide effective clinical management and excellent care to critically ill patients under the direct or indirect supervision of an Intensive Care Specialist. Trainees will be expected to develop expertise in medical practice in a complex clinical environment, and to participate in the core training program of the College of Intensive Care Medicine.
Under the supervision of intensive care consultants, advanced trainees may lead a team of junior medical officers inside ICU and on outreach service. During night shifts advanced trainees may be the most senior ICU medical staff on-site.
Wagga Wagga ICU is a Level 2 Intensive Care unit that serves a large catchment area within Murrumbidgee local health district (MLHD). The unit treats over 700 patients each year with > 23% ventilated patients and has 12 physical beds. The unit offers exposure to a broad range of high acuity intensive care patients, supported by other specialties including cardiology with active 24 hours Cath lab, Renal with its own dialysis unit, Respiratory, Endocrine, Neurology, Haematology and Oncology, Interventional radiology, Upper GI, Vascular, Otho and Colorectal surgery. The department places an emphasis on innovation, diversity and a culture of inclusivity.
