Consultant Anaesthetist

Elective Recruitment

Alice Springs, NT
Permanent
Full-time

29 days ago

The Hospital is the specialist referral centre for Central Australia, with 160 beds providing services to 27,000 residents and a further 20,000 people in remote communities across an area of 1 million square kilometres, equivalent to the size of NSW.The hospital caters for more than 65,000 admissions annually and with almost 84 per cent of patients being Aboriginal it cares for some of the nation’s most vulnerable people, with high levels of morbidity and mortality, and many with conditions rarely seen elsewhere in the country, with disease burden and comorbidities being disproportionally high.The Anaesthetic department is fully accredited by The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) for vocational training in Anaesthetics.You will be exposed to a range of experiences that is diverse and challenging, providing uncommon exposure to specialised surgical conditions and the culture of Aboriginal peoples.Because of its isolated location, the hospital manages a vast range of general surgical and orthopaedic trauma, including neurosurgical and vascular surgical emergencies.
The Job

As a Consultant Anaesthetist, you will provide high-quality specialist care in Anaesthetics to patients at the Hospital, and fringe areas of Western Australia and South Australia
You will provide anaesthetic services for General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, X-ray explorations in children, Orthopaedic surgery, ENT and Eye Surgery, Urology, and Dental Surgery, labour analgesia in maternity and services for acute pain
Anaesthetists undertake the insertion of special devices for dialysis and central venous accesses for medical wards, on-call duties for anaesthesia and intensive care and provide services for retrievals with the Royal Flying Doctor Service as an extra duty when required
Approximately 8,000 cases are undertaken annually in six operating theatres, with paediatric cases making up around 15 per cent of the caseload through ENT, Dental and General Surgery. Elective surgery encompasses all general specialties, including General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Dental, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gastroenterology, ENT and Ophthalmology. Visiting Medical Specialists support Elective Vascular Surgery, Urology and Plastic Surgery as well as Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Anaesthetic services also are provided to Radiology for CT and MRI. The hospital has a ten-bed Intensive Care Unit which is currently undergoing an expansion with three full-time intensivists
The hospital has the largest single-standing dialysis unit in the southern hemisphere with more than 400 patients on dialysis
Obstetric Anaesthetics make up a fair percentage of the hospital’s work with many patients presenting with rheumatic valvular heart disease
You will provide supervision of and participation in teaching and education programs for junior staff, including advanced trainees and medical students

Rewards

Competitive salary package
Alice Springs, more properly Mparntwe, is on the traditional lands of the Arrernte people and the site of many important Dreamtime stories, with the region being home to 15 different language groups. You will find it is a friendly, welcoming place suited to doctors with a sense of adventure and those interested in Aboriginal health and culture
Central Australia offers spectacular natural scenery and an attractive lifestyle for both living and working and is a tourist mecca attracting more than half a million visitors a year

Requirements

Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) or equivalent

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