Emergency Consultant / Senior Registrar

About the role

St John of God Murdoch Hospital, a private hospital in Perth offering secondary and tertiary health services, is recruiting an Emergency Consultant or Senior Registrar. The role sits in a supportive, patient-centred Emergency Department team with a flexible roster designed to support a healthy work-life balance.

Key responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical assessment and management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a fast-paced environment.
• Review patients where clinical concerns have been identified or where nursing staff cannot contact the treating doctor.
• Review patients in the Emergency Observation Unit admitted under the Emergency Department Bed Card.
• Participate in the department roster, including day, afternoon and on-call commitments agreed with the Head of Department, and attend the Emergency Department within 30 minutes when rostered on call.
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives and the development of safe and effective patient care.
• Work with medical, nursing and multidisciplinary teams and promote a respectful, inclusive workplace culture.

Required profile

• Fellowship of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM), or extensive Emergency experience as a Senior Registrar.
• Proven experience managing high-acuity patients in a complex hospital setting.
• Team-focused clinician committed to clinical quality, patient safety and continuous improvement.

What we offer

• Highly competitive salary and conditions.
• Professional Development Allowance.
• Salary packaging options (e.g., mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation) up to $18,550 for permanent employees and a percentage of earnings for casuals.
• 3 weeks professional development leave per year, plus the option to purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave.
• Flexible work options and well-being programs.

Applicants should contact the Department Secretary for enquiries; no agency applications are accepted.