Senior Medical Practitioner – Emergency Telehealth Service

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Senior Medical Practitioner – Emergency Telehealth Service

WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is offering a unique opportunity for Senior Medical Practitioners to Join the Command Centre in Perth, WA!

This opportunity is for permanent part time and sessional appointments.

MP Year 1 – 3: $361,950 - $384,872 per annum*

Sessional Rate: $693.84 - $737.78 per session*

The above salary is as per WA Health System Medical Practitioners AMA Industrial Agreement 2024 (inclusive of base salary, 11.5% superannuation, and PD allowance). This is subject to the assessment of clinical skills and years of practice.

About the Command Centre

The WACHS Command Centre comprises centralised acute virtual care, operational services, and organisational strategies to support service delivery across WACHS. The Command Centre supports WACHS sites clinically and operationally, ensures coordinated and integrated incident response and management, which enables regional services to consistently deliver innovative, safe, and quality care to our communities.

The Command Centre brings a number of services together in a 24/7 ‘virtual’ hub. Using high-definition audio-visual and advanced information and communication technologies, the WACHS Command Centre provides a one‐stop shop for country clinicians to access a range of clinical expertise supporting acute emergency and inpatient care, including access to Emergency Physicians, mental health specialists, palliative care specialists and midwives. The Acute Patient Transfer Coordination (APTC) stream facilitates coordinated safe, timely and efficient patient retrievals to, from and between country and metropolitan hospitals for country patients.

About The Role

As a Senior Medical Practitioner for the Command Centre’s Emergency Telehealth Service (ETS) stream, you will be joining a dynamic team of clinicians based in Australia and other parts of the world in providing a 24/7 emergency service to regional and remote hospitals and clinics in Western Australia, the world’s largest health jurisdiction.

Patients will be referred for consultation from clinicians located at the patient’s bedside who will assist in their care. These are mostly nurses but also include nurse practitioners and regionally based medical practitioners who require assistance with patient care, decision making and disposition.

You will be coordinating care, referral and disposition of patients with clinicians from other Command Centre Streams such as Mental Health, Maternity, and APTC, as well as clinicians in regional resource centres and metropolitan hospitals.

The role demands a high degree of clinical skill, teamwork, flexibility and risk management in managing patients in challenging environments and sometimes difficult logistical situations.

There is great opportunity for flexible work hours and working from home.

There are opportunities to be involved in the ongoing development of this highly innovative service and to be involved in research.

The Successful Candidates Will: 

• Be eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
• Have Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP), or Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM), or equivalent postgraduate training.
• Substantial post graduate experience in emergency medicine and/ or critical care.
• Have substantial experience in the delivery of Telehealth Services by Videoconference technology to clinicians practicing in regional and remote hospital environments
• Be a resident in Australia.

Benefits Included to the Role

• Competitive salary package inclusive of 11.5% employer superannuation contributions and generous professional expenses allowance.
• Access to generous salary packaging arrangements up to $19,000 p.a.
• Generous leave entitlements – up to 4 weeks annual leave, 3-week professional development leave, 10 days sick leave, plus other forms of leave for compassionate or cultural reasons.
• Professional development opportunities.

Keen to know more about the benefits in detail? Check out the medical practitioner salaries and benefits page.

Application Instructions

Applicants must have a current, valid email address in order to apply online. This email address will be used for communication with applicants.  If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact MedCareersWA@health.wa.gov.au.

Applicants are required to attach:

• A statement no more than 3 pages addressing Work Related Requirements (1-5) listed in the attached Job Description Form page # 4.
• A detailed CV summarising your qualification, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration, and relevant experience.
• The contact details of two professional referees of which one must be your current supervisor or line manager.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies and/or search firms will not be accepted, and fees will not be paid to any such organisation unless arranged with the provider to the advertisement of the vacancy. 

For further information related to this position, please contact Dr Aled Williams, Consultant Emergency Medicine, by email at aled.williams@health.wa.gov.au.  

Other Conditions

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.

Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.   

This vacancy 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

Please note this recruitment process requires completion of satisfactory Pre-Employment Health Assessment (PEHA).  Any offer of employment with WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is conditional on satisfactory PEHA to ensure you are able to perform the inherent requirements of the position. An unsatisfactory PEHA will result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.  Please see the attached WACHS PEHA Policy for further information.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.