Emergency Medicine Consultant

• Emergency Medicine Consultant (FACEM)
• Location: Darwin, Northern Territory
• Employment: Full-time, permanent
• Practise tertiary emergency medicine at the top of Australia

We're seeking an Emergency Medicine Consultant to join the emergency department of a major tertiary referral hospital in Darwin. This is a rare chance to work in a high-acuity, nationally unique ED while enjoying a relaxed tropical lifestyle.

About the Hospital and Department

• The tertiary referral centre for the north-west of Australia, serving some of the most remote communities on earth across a catchment of over 1 million square kilometres
• About 70,000 emergency presentations a year, around 25% of them paediatric
• A large, well-established team of about 36 Emergency Medicine Consultants and 200 Emergency Nurses, with a 24-hour registrar presence
• Two modern EDs (the main tertiary hospital and a sister regional hospital nearby), with 24-hour access to all investigations, including two ED-based CT scanners
• ACEM-accredited as a Major Referral centre for the maximum 36 months of training, including paediatric and TS4 accreditation

A case mix you won't see anywhere else

The patient population is young, with a median age of 32. The region has Australia's highest per capita rates of acu