2025 WCHN TRAUMA AND ORTHOPAEDIC REGISTRAR

at  SA Government SA HEALTH

SA HEALTH

Job reference: 880748
Location: 5006 - NORTH ADELAIDE
Job status: Long Term Contract

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Division of Surgical Services, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary - Total Indicative Remuneration - Classification - MDP2 - Medical Practitioner - $106,828 to $158,885 pro rata (includes award salary, superannuation and any other monetary benefits)
• Part Time (0.9 FTE) - Term Contract (up until Feb 2028)

ABOUT US

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Orthopaedic Surgery Department as a Registrar, where you will be responsible for:

• Provide care to severely injured patients presenting to WCHN as a member of the WCHN Trauma Team, both in the Emergency Department, and during admission, under consultant supervision.
• Assist the WCHN trauma nurse coordinator in Trauma Governance Activities, including preparation of audit data and case presentation for the monthly Trauma M&M.
• Attend outpatient clinics relevant to the field of trauma care, including fracture, burns and rehabilitation.
• Participate in a roster to provide overnight care of ward and ED patients with acute surgical issues requiring assessment by a member of the surgical team.
• Participate in research projects in the field of paediatric or adolescent trauma

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Clinical experience in acute surgical care, including trauma.
• Minimum 3 years satisfactory experience as an intern/resident medical officer/registrar in a recognised teaching hospital.
• Skill in problem solving and decision making at an organisational and individual level.
• Demonstrated commitment to providing a quality service to the patient