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WESTERN AUSTRALIA COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICE (WACHS)
Western Australia Country Health Service (WACHS)
The world's largest health service, WACHS is dedicated to providing quality, accessible health services via hospitals, community clinics and telemedicine services across rural and remote Western Australia. Odyssey partners with the Western Australia Country Health Service to recruit medical staff for permanent and contract (locum) jobs at hospitals and clinics throughout the state.
We have the following jobs available on permanent and locum contracts:
- specialists / consultants
- general practitioners
- junior doctors - registrars and house officers for training and service jobs
The WACHS is the largest health service in the world by geographical area covering a vast range of more than 2.5 million square kilometres, from Kalumburu in the Kimberley to Albany in the Great Southern region. It serves a population of just under 6 million people who are ethnically diverse and spread over a large area. 11% of the population is Aboriginal. The state of Western Australia has a population of 2.7 million clustered mainly around state capital Perth and the southern coastal regions.
Government funding and industry investment over recent years has brought about a transformation of the healthcare facilities and services with the construction of contemporary well, equipped health campuses, expanded hospitals, greater emergency service capacity and telemedicine. WACS provides primary and secondary healthcare with tertiary support from state capital Perth. It is one of the best places to learn the new speciality of rural and remote medicine.
WACHS FACILITIES
23 Health Campuses
- 6 large regional health campuses located at country regional centres.
- 15 district health campuses that act as hubs for sub-regional health district services.
The health campuses support:
- 46 small hospitals
- 43 health centres and nursing posts
- 24 community-based mental health services
- 4 dedicated inpatient mental health services
- 178 facilities where population health teams are based
- Residential aged care facilities.
WACHS Services
WACHS services include:
- Emergency and hospital services - 24/7 emergency departments, general medicine, elective and emergency surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and neonatology, psychiatry, anaesthetics and intensive care medicine, radiology
- General practice
- Population and public healthcare
- Aboriginal health services
- Mental health services
- Drug and alcohol services
- Child, community and school healthcare
- Telehealth services
- Residential and community aged care services
Why Work at WACHS?
Working at WACHS offers some amazing opportunities to develop your career and learn a broad range of clinical skills in modern facilities with excellent support. Are you interested in rural and remote medicine? Do you want to learn new skills in anaesthesia, obstetrics and emergency medicine? Are you enthusiastic about cross cultural medicine or do you want to develop telemedicine skills?
Clinical Experience
Highly diverse and varied clinical experience, independent practice with excellent personal support from senior medical staff and opportunities to learn new skills. The opportunity to manage a wider range of clinical presentations.
Short Commutes
No more long journeys to work or wasting time sitting in traffic. Western Australia has affordable accommodation close to work, superb uncongested roads and short, relaxed commutes.
Rural Medicine
A unique opportunity to train and experience the new speciality of rural and remote medicine, telemedicine and cross cultural medicine and learn new specialist skills.
Adventurous Lifestyle
The stunning natural beauty of Western Australia and hot climate form the backdrop to adventures on land and sea. A beautiful coastline, superb diving and sailing conditions, natural forests, tramping and trekking plus unique animals and birds.