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AWARD: Salaried Senior Medical Practitioners (State)
Award or NSW Visiting Medical Officers agreement (Hungerford Determination)
AWARD CLASSIFICATION: Staff Specialist / VMO
HOURS OF WORK: Negotiable
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Director of Medical Services
SUMMARY OF DUTIES: To provide a high quality anaesthetic service
to both inpatients and outpatients of the Macquarie Area Health Service,
and to participate in the management of unstable and ventilated patients
in the intensive care unit.
DETAIL OF DUTIES:
Clinical Duties
- Provide routine and emergency anaesthetic services.
- To assist in the management of unstable and ventilated patients in
ICU.
- To participate in the after hour anaesthetic and ICU roster.
- Supervision of non specialist medical staff in relation to anaesthetic
services.
- Be responsible for the efficient running of the pre-admission clinic.
- Be responsible for premedication rounds and post operative follow
up.
- Provide epidural analgesia for patients in labour, when requested.
- Develop and maintain relationships with tertiary anaesthetic institutions
and facilities.
- Provide such other clinical services as may be necessary and appropriate
to the speciality.
- Attendance at resuscitations through out the hospital when on call
Administrative and Educational Duties
- Ensure the administrative duties relating to the proper functioning
of the department and the hospital are carried out.
- Provide and participate in educational activities for:
1. Resident medical staff
2. Medical students
3. Postgraduate nurses
4. Undergraduate nurses
5. Paramedical staff (including ambulance staff)
6. Interested community groups
- Ensure and review quality of patient care by participating in peer
review and quality assurance programs.
- Maintain personal knowledge and skills and participate in continuing
medical education.
- Contribute to advisory services to hospital committees, Health Department
and other organisations.
- Attend and contribute to conferences, research and other educational
activities relevant to rural anaesthetic and intensive care services
as determined in consultation with the Director Medical Services.
General Duties
- Provide a satisfactory record of continuing education, sufficient
to confirm awareness of major advances, potential complications and
significant technology changes in the speciality.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Be actively involved in the Quality Management program.
- Establish performance goals, in consultation with Director Medical
Services, within three months of appointment and negotiate twelve monthly
thereafter.
CONFIDENTIALITY & CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS
- Maintain confidentiality by ensuring no information concerning patients
or clients is divulged or discussed with persons outside the Medical
Service or within the Medical Service if the person is not involved
in the treatment of the patient (except in recognised clinical meetings.)
- Be familiar with the contents of the MAHS & New South Wales Health
System Code of Conduct
and Ethics and observe their provisions
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