- WACHS is the largest country health system in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, providing health services to a 531,000 people, including over 57,000 Aboriginal people, over a 2.5 million square kilometre area.
- Attractive coastal location | Accommodation, car and travel provided
- Consultants must be competent and willing to cover Developmental, Acute and General Medicine Outpatient clinics. Consultant must also be NeoResus competent.
Details
A Northern WA hospital requires a Consultant or Registrar in Paediatrics from 26/02/2024 to 01/03/2024.
SHIFTS:
08.00 on Mon 26-Feb 17.30 on Fri 01-Mar $2530 - $3575
WACHS is a network of health facilities across 7 regions including regional hospitals, district hospitals, nursing posts and community health centres. We provide all health services outside Perth, across an area of more than 2.5 million square kilometres, from Kalumburu in the Kimberley to Albany in the Great Southern.
WACHS Services
- Emergency and hospital services
- Population, public and primary healthcare
- Aboriginal health services
- Mental health services
- Drug and alcohol services
- Child, community and school healthcare
- Telehealth services
- Residential and community aged care service
About the Area:
With an area covering 507,896 square kilometres, the Pilbara region accounts for 20% of the state’s land mass and is twice the size of Victoria, five times the size of Tasmania and roughly the combined land area of the US states of California and Indiana. The Pilbara region is home to some of Earth’s oldest rock formations and its landscape includes coastal plains and mountain ranges with cliffs and gorges.
The Pilbara region had a population of 62,000 in 2014 (representing 2.4% of the State’s population). The region has a rich cultural history and approximately 15% of the population comprises of those identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. The Pilbara also has a large transient population, which many people working in the region on a fly -in/fly -out basis.
WACHS Pilbara consists of six seven (7) hospitals, two (2) nursing posts & health centres, 40 general practices and three (3) Aboriginal medical services.
Towns: Karratha, Port Hedland, Newman, Tom Price, Paraburdoo, Roebourne, Onslow
Population: 59,552 (15% identify as Aboriginal) + FIFO population.
For further information about this job, please contact Claudette Good on 1300 900 100.
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