Staff Specialist - Hospital in the Home (HiTH)/General Medicine (530438)

The Team

Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) is Tasmania’s largest hospital and major referral centre. As the major clinical teaching and research centre, RHH collaborates with the University of Tasmania and other institutions. All our services work closely together to focus on delivering excellence in healthcare to achieve improved outcomes for our consumers, our workforce, and the Tasmanian community.

The Hospital@home program sits within the Department of Sub-acute, Aged & Community Services and provides care to a range of medical, surgical and sub-specialty patients who require medical management that can be delivered in the community environment.

The Hospital@home programme was started in April 2020 and currently has 30 beds, 18 acute & 12 subacute Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) beds. We also have a Rapid Response service that assesses community patients to prevent hospital admission. The service runs 7-days per week.  At present we assess around 220 patients a month. Our average length of stay of 5-6 days for acute patients and 13 for subacute.

Our case mix and the age of our patients is broad. Greater than 60% of our patients are admitted directly from the community avoiding the hospital entirely. The rest are admitting from the Royal Hobart Hospital, both inpatient wards and the emergency department. These patients are then cared for in community health centres, their homes, or residential aged care facilities.

The interdisciplinary service is comprised of Medical staff, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists, and Allied Health Professionals, who all work together to deliver effective clinical care.

The Role 

• Provide inpatient services and work within the Hospital@home team as directed by the Head of Hospital@home.
• Provide clinical services of the highest possible standard to patients who are being cared for by Hospital@home. 
• Actively pursue improved outcomes for patients by participating in relevant teaching and research.
• Participate in the Hospital@home education program.
• Participate in the Hospital@home on-call roster & quality improvement activities.

You will need

Our Hospital@home Specialist position provide opportunities for those seeking to provide quality care to patients in their homes.

It is suitable for General Physicians, Geriatricians, Emergency Physician, General Practitioners, or other suitable medical specialists.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Why Tasmania 

The Department of Health Tasmania oversees various hospitals across the state, including the Royal Hobart Hospital, Launceston General Hospital, Northwest Regional Hospital, and Mersey Community Hospital, as well as district hospitals and ambulance services. Additionally, it provides community health, mental health, and primary healthcare services to the Tasmanian community through more than 300 sites.

Tasmania, Australia's only island state, offers unparalleled natural beauty and a luxurious lifestyle. Pursuing your health career in Tasmania’s public health system means building strong connections with colleagues and patients. It also means embracing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extraordinary experiences outside of work while making a significant impact on the community during work.

Hobart 

Hobart has become a cultural centre, with year-round art and music events and restaurants serving gourmet local produce. Excellent educational opportunities and easy access to outdoor pursuits make this the perfect place to raise a family. Enjoy a more tranquil, community-orientated lifestyle while remaining only a short flight from the busy mainland.

Experience beautiful beaches and pristine alpine regions where you can enjoy a vast variety of sports and outdoor activities to suit everyone on the doorstep of a bustling capital city while enjoying the advantages of a short commute and excellent work-life balance.

In Tasmania you will be encouraged to be yourself, to learn, to grow and to develop meaning in your work. You will have a powerful connection to your patients and your colleagues, and the community will encourage your success. Our isolation helps drive a culture of creation and human connection, which feels both old fashioned and… like the only future worth pursuing.

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Details of appointment

Fixed term part time, day worker position, working up to 19 hours per fortnight, commencing