Career Medical Officer - Dubbo - Permanent

About the role:

Career Medical Officer is responsible for fulfilling the responsibilities of the role in a professional manner, promoting private health care through positive relations, interactions, and actions. To provide a high-quality clinical service to hospital patients under supervision within a multi-disciplinary team to review the general medical needs of the patients

Role Responsibilities:

• Ensure a detailed history and physical examination has been completed for all pre-admission clinic patients, and patients at the request of VMO or Nurse Unit Manager.
• Document findings in the medical record and communicate with VMO as appropriate.
• Prescribe drugs and treatment.
• Receive from responsible medical officer and provide responsible medical officer detailed handover of relevant patients at the commencement and end of each shift.
• Together with the rest of the clinical team initiate discharge plan on day 1 and review daily.
• Review each patient as requested by VMO, patient or nursing staff.
• Medical Emergency calls.
• Assist with arrangements, including documentation, for transfer of patients to Dubbo Base
• Liaise with General Practitioner and VMO as appropriate.

Mandatory Skill Requirements/Experience:

• Eligible for registration as a medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Demonstrated clinical and procedural experience adequate to undertake the roles required of an CMO Level 2 or above position.
• Capacity to work on rotating roster and on call basis
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and prioritise workload.
• Demonstrated professional communication and interpersonal skills.

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