This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service is the perfect place to start!
This is a Recruitment Pool for Fixed Term Full Time, Fixed Term Part Time and Casual appointments with the possibility of extension(s).
Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 31/01/2027.
Please note this pool is for the 2027-2028 appointments, however if vacancies become available before this period for which you are available, we may offer you a position from this pool.
- An ACEM accredited metropolitan ED seeing 65,000 patients a year
- Comprehensive ACEM Primary, Written and OSCE exam teaching program with an excellent pass rate
- 30% paediatrics and 70% adults, with an admission rate of ~ 20%
- On the coast, and just 40 minutes-drive from the centre of the Perth CBD
- Great supervision, supported education and professional development opportunities including 1:1 Ultrasound and SIM training
- Opportunities for 6-month terms in ICU and Anaesthetics
Our RGH ED has separate areas for child and adult patients, and our facilities and services include:
- Designated area for procedures requiring sedation
- Minor illness/injury treatment area
- Dedicated children’s area for waiting, assessment, treatment and observation
- Comprehensive radiology and pathology services
- On-site support from a range of in-patient specialties.
About us:
Rockingham General Hospital is a public hospital in Rockingham, Western Australia, in the southwest of the Perth Metropolitan Region. Our 229-bed hospital has an emergency department, operating theatres, medical, surgical and paediatric wards. There are also aged care rehabilitation, intensive care, mental health, chemotherapy, and obstetrics units.
Leaders in Research
Our hospitals and medical staff are supported to engage in the research and development of innovative medical techniques, continuously trialling new drugs and testing new equipment and procedures. By implementing new techniques at our sites, our patients are often the first to receive these new, more effective forms of treatment.
If you’d like to know more about the Rockingham General Hospital ED, you can visit our webpage here: Home - Rockingham Peel Group - Emergency Department (health.wa.gov.au)
We’re located on the coast, where the dolphins play; next to the 18-hole Rockingham Golf Club; and just 40 minutes-drive from the centre of the Perth CBD. Browse Youtube* for more information about Rockingham and the surrounding region.
Candidates with temporary employment visas (or those who may be eligible for a relevant visa) may be employed for the term of their visa. For more information on employment visas, you can visit the Department of Home Affairs website.
Our values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.
For Further Job Related Information: We encourage you to contact Dr Wouter Gerryts, Head of Department on (08) 9599 4772 or via [email protected]
To Apply:
Applicants are requested to apply online via MedCareersWA (Please note: Applicants must have a current, valid email address in order to apply online. This email address will be used for communication with applicants). Emailed applications will not be accepted.
Applicants must provide the following documents as part of their application in order to be considered for appointment:
- A detailed curriculum vitae (of no more than 4 pages) including the names and contact details of 2 x referees. Your CV must provide a summary of your experience in the context of the advertised vacancy.
- Applicants are advised to write a statement addressing the selection criteria Answers to these questions are a requirement for assessment against the selection criteria, considered by the panel.
Referees: It is preferable for your referee to be a current supervisor or manager.
Application Guide: How To Apply
Registrar Information: Registrars
Applicant documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application process.
Multiple applications will not be considered in their entirety. Where multiple applications are uploaded, the last document to be uploaded will be the only document accepted and considered by the panel.
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED WITHOUT A CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) / RESUME WILL BE INVALID.
If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact [email protected]
Eligibility and Conditions:
Are you eligible? To be eligible for a fixed term appointment to the Western Australian public sector is essential that you must have documentary evidence of your entitlement to live and work in Australia for the period of the contract.
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.
WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
Other Conditions:
- This position is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
- South Metropolitan Health Service will only accept applications that are lodged with the express permission of the applicant and containing all necessary information, including personal contact details. We will not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitmentagencies and/or search firms and we will not pay fees to any such organisation unlessarranged with the provider prior to advertising a vacancy.
- Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm AWST will not be accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
