The Position
Staff Specialist - Emergency Department
Health Service Location
Hobart, Tasmania Australia
The Royal Hobart Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital in Tasmania and the principal teaching hospital for the University of Tasmania School of Medicine. The hospital provides all general and specialty medical and surgical services as well as paediatrics, obstetrics and psychiatry. It is also the state’s tertiary trauma center.
The Emergency Department provides a tertiary level service for people with illness or injury 24 hours a day 7 days per week.
The Package
The Remuneration Package includes:
1. Generous salary
2. Employer Superannuation 10.5%
3. Generous annual leave plus leave loading
4. Continuing Professional Development leave & allowance
5. Visa sponsorship and support for IMG's and families
6. Relocation package and support
7. Motor Vehicle Allowance
The Role
Based in the scenic waterfront area of Hobart, Tasmania, as one of our Staff Specialist you’ll provide emergency care to patients attending the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). You will be encouraged to be yourself, to learn, to grow and to develop meaning in your work.
As a Staff Specialist, you may choose to be involved in research and quality improvement activities, undergraduate teaching of students from University of Tasmania’s Medical, Nursing and Paramedic schools and postgraduate teaching for our interns, registrars, and residents.
The RHH is a Training Stage 4 accredited site (accredited in 2022) for both adult and paediatric emergency medicine. At the RHH we are fortunate to have strong links with other specialised areas which offer great flexibility for ED specialists who wish to work across multiple disciplines.
Some of these areas include:
8. Retrieval Medicine
9. Hospital in the home
10. Trauma
11. Medical education and Simulation
12. Geriatric Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
13. Research Emergency Medicine
14. Education and Training (EMET)
15. Hyperbaric Medicine
16. Aerospace
Extreme Environment medicine (with Tasmanian being the home of the Australian Antarctic Program and the gateway to Eastern Antarctica). We want an enthusiastic candidate who wants to make an impact on the future of your profession. You’re also inspired by what is offered as a leader in our Emergency Department.
The lifestyle
Tasmania has a healthy culture and outdoors lifestyle with breathtaking coastlines, National Parks and award-winning restaurants and bars. Here, you will be encouraged to be your authentic self, to share your wisdom with our emerging generation of medical doctors, and in doing so, find your purpose.
In your time off, you can surf in the early mornings and go fly fishing on weekends or take photography classes, write novels, sell preserves at the weekly farmers’ markets, learn to mountain bike.
Take part in the community, volunteering and serving on boards. Spouses and children have similar opportunities to thrive in a quieter, safer, more adventurous place. After a hard day at work, you can get on your bike or put on your boots and “tell it to the mountain” in minutes, not hours.