Hospital Medical Officer

Epworth Healthcare Richmond campus is a 550-bed acute hospital with close to 47,000 admissions per year. We have the largest private emergency department in Victoria (30-bed plus a dedicated fast-track area), a 26-bed Intensive Care Unit, 39-bed acute Cardiac Unit as well as other specialty units supported by more than 2,400 staff members and 1,200 accredited visiting specialists.

As a member of the Epworth Richmond HMO Team, you will liaise directly with treating specialists and other Epworth medical officers in the care of inpatients throughout the hospital. You will gain experience in all specialties including orthopaedic, oncology, cardiac, neurology, neurosurgery, urology, general surgical, general medical and paediatric patients.

If you are successful in this role, you will be employed to work 5 shifts in a fortnight with a mixture of day and night shifts and weekends. Shift duration will be 12.5 hours of which the last 30mins will be for handover. Day shift will be 08:00 – 20:30hrs and night shift will be 20:00 – 08:30hrs.

Every day, you will have a significant influence on achieving our purpose to improve health outcomes and experience for every patient. At Epworth, every patient matters.

To be successful in this role…

You must have advanced communication skills and are a caring and respectful medical professional who is passionate about patient centred care. You are a team player and have a naturally supportive and engaging manner. You demonstrate accountability, excellence and integrity in all that you do and are committed to delivering the best in patient care and safety.

Prerequisites for this role include all of the following:

• an AMC-recognised Australian medical degree or completion of both parts Australian Medical Council exams, 
• current general registration with AHPRA, 
• minimum 2 years’ experience in an Australian hospital system as an AHPRA registered doctor
• PGY3 or greater (or currently completing PGY2)
• a valid employee working with children check

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