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Position Title: Medical Officer - Minor Injuries Illness Unit

Location: See Role Description

Salary Range: Refer to role description

About the role

As a Medical Officer, you will provide autonomous assessment, diagnosis, treatment and disposition of patients, while having access to established escalation pathways and specialist support across Metro North Health. This role offers the opportunity to combine the clinical autonomy of emergency medicine with the benefits of a community-focused model of care designed to improve local access to healthcare and reduce demand on busy Emergency Departments.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health’s values:

• Responsible for the assessment, management, procedural care and disposition of patients - including the recognition and management of clinical deterioration.
• Treat patients and their families with courtesy and sympathy and treat all hospital staff and professional colleagues with courtesy and respect
• Continue close collaboration with primary care organisations and primary care practitioners e.g. Community General Practitioners
• Deliver appropriate high-quality management of patients and refer to other colleagues/services where clinically and professionally appropriate.
• Ensure policies, procedures and practices are consistent with contemporary best practice, RACGP, ACEM, ACRRM, Queensland and National standards.

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging