Hospital Medical Officer - [Archived Advertisement]

Salary Range $70,470 - $93,230 p.a

An opportunity exists for a motivated individual to join the Emergency Department as a Hospital Medical Officer. The Hospital Medical Officer is responsible for Performing an initial assessment including a history and examination of all  patients at the time of admission, initiating investigations and treatment and completing all appropriate documentation under the supervision of the Relevant Clinical Director, Consultant, Registrar or Admitting Officer.

Goulburn Valley Health (GVH), incorporating the Goulburn Valley Base Hospital in Shepparton, is a 280-bed multi-purpose facility providing a broad range of hospital and community-based health services to the region. Goulburn Valley Base Hospital is a modern teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Melbourne. Servicing a sub-regional population of some 160,000, the hospital is the designated regional referral centre and trauma service for central and northern Victoria. It has 190 acute beds, including an eight-bed critical care unit and a 30-bed rehabilitation unit. Its facilities include three operating theatres, a day procedure unit and an endoscopy suite. Last year it treated  more than 35,000 emergency presentations.

The high incidence of road accidents, farm injuries and work safety accidents has contributed to the continuing growth in the number of emergency presentations, which peak during the fruit harvest season when an estimated 10,000 itinerant workers visit the region. Present senior staff include the Director of Emergency Medicine, ten Senior House Officers and six HMOs and seven Interns.

About GV Health
GV Health is the Public Health Service for the Hume Region, with main campuses located at Shepparton, Tatura and Rushworth and additional sites in Shepparton, Seymour, Benalla and Wodonga. GV Health provides a range of acute, mental health, aged and primary health and community support services across the Goulburn Valley Sub Region of the Department of Human Services, Hume Region. The main campus is the major acute referral site for the sub region.

 
Some of the great benefits of working for GV Health include:
• Wide range of specialties for clinical staff
• Salary Packaging
• Continually growing and developing
• Work/Life balance
• Support culture based on Reward and Recognition
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Glass House café serving breakfast, lunch, coffee and cakes
• Professional Development opportunities
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Social Club
• Discount gym/pool membership
• Competitive remuneration

Applications close 24 May, 2018.