Employment Details
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29051
Applications Close: 11 June 2026
Overview
Are you looking for an Advanced Trainee position to develop your management of acutely unwell patients whilst receiving early access to six‐month Critical Care terms and tailored support to complete ACEM's Fellowship Examinations?
An Advanced Trainee Position at Tamworth offers:
* 36 months ACEM accredited core ED training
* Paid protected ten‐hour education day every 2 weeks
* Early access to six‐month terms in Anaesthetics and ICU
* 6‐month term with Tamworth Retrieval Service (Westpac Helicopter Rescue Service)
* Access to Tamworth (ACEM) Fellowship revision program
* Generous relocation package and financial support for education
* One‐year contract
* Ample opportunity to fulfill shift reports and other ACEM WBA requirements
Location
Tamworth is a city of 60,000 with a great selection of schools and cafes. We are part of the Hunter New England Local Health District which stretches from the NSW coast to the Queensland border and along with the rest of HNELHD and Port Macquarie are Network 4 in HETI's Emergency Medicine Training Network.
The ED sees 45,000 presentations annually across all specialties and age groups. There are daily opportunities for procedural skills improvement in a supported environment with 12.8 full‐time equivalent FACEM staff with FACEM staffing on‐site from 0700 – 2400 seven days a week.
What You'll Be Doing
The primary purpose of an Advanced Trainee in Emergency Medicine is to provide high quality medical care under appropriate supervision to undifferentiated patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
Advanced Trainees work under a level of supervision according to their competence in the following activities:
* Taking a leadership role in coordinating the admission, assessment, management, and discharge planning of patients.
* Communicating assessment and management decisions to other staff involved in the patient's care.
* Communicating with the patient / family regarding the patient's condition and management plans.
* Coordinating diagnostic tests and consultations with other medical specialists.
* Arranging the patient discharge process and liaising with local medical officers and community based care modalities for optimal post‐discharge care.
* Organising transfers of critically ill patients to tertiary centres and managing these patients while awaiting transfer.
Qualifications
* Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role. At least three years' post graduate experience in public hospital service (or equivalent).
* Demonstrated ability to work with appropriate independence, commensurate with a level of a Specialist Trainee, within a supervised complex clinical environment.
* Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi‐disciplinary team in the planning, delivery and coordination of patient care.
* Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, family members and other members of the health care team.
* Demonstrated good organisational and time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
* Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
* Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to self education.
* Previous experience in and willingness to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.
Contact
For role related queries or questions contact Nicole Lewis at hnelhd-tamworthmedicalrecruit@health.nsw.gov.au
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