Emergency Medicine Specialist 9 (FACEM)

We’re looking for a Emergency Medicine Specialist 9 (FACEM) who can live and volunteer for 2 months in Vanuatu. 

• This assignment seeks FACEM doctors are to mentor and supervise interns and registrars at different levels including meeting the criteria of specialty training institutions. To support the development and implementation of emergency care workforce training and development pathways for Emergency Care, this may include but not be limited to: teaching of the ACEM emergency medicine (EM) certificate/diploma, supporting teaching and mentorship of University of Papua New Guinea and Fiji National University student of the post graduate diploma in EM/Master in EM and assist in similar pathways for emergency nurses.
• To be considered for this role, you’ll need to have a recognised tertiary qualification in Medicine, incorporating a specialisation in Emergency Medicine, a minimum of 5 years of experience as a practicing emergency medicine physician including experience in resource constrained environments, minimum of 3 years of experience in clinical education at a post graduate level, and preferably complete the ACEM Emergency medicine associateship training program supervisor course 
• You will be working alongside registrars, doctors, nurses, and medical officers at the ED 

About the Partner Organisation 

VCH Emergency Department (ED) is a large and busy referral center for all people with any illness or injury throughout the City of Port Vila and is the main referral hospital for the whole of Vanuatu. Many of these patients have life or limb threatening conditions on arrival to ED and require rapid interventions by skilled clinicians to prevent death or disability. VCH ED is a key site of training for nursing and interns and popular with international medical students doing an elective placement. There are always opportunities for teaching with the ED and improving skills and knowledge. Likewise, there are many opportunities to improve ED practice and processes through role-modelling, leadership, quality improvement tasks, research, and ongoing structured medical education activities 

Doctors and nurses specifically trained for emergency care are generally very few throughout Vanuatu notably at senior level to educate and build capacities of nurses, interns, and medical officers within the ED. 

About the Australian Volunteers Program  

The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian government-funded initiative. We support partner organisations across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa to achieve locally led change.  

Volunteers are supported throughout their volunteer journey. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds and abilities to volunteer and aim to make the program as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you have accessibility requirements, please contact us to discuss how we can support you to volunteer with us - inclusion@australianvolunteers.com. Learn more about our commitment to inclusion.