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Resident Medical Officers…
Department of Emergency Medicine
Our Emergency Department is the front door to the Waikato Hospital campus – a major regional,
tertiary hospital. Due to the wide geographical area covered by the Emergency Department, we
provide a pre-hospital service that includes active involvement in air and road transport of critically
ill patients throughout the Waikato region.
Last year our department saw approximately 60,000 patients, of whom about 40% were admitted.
Our current department was purpose built and opened in 2011.The main adult area has four resuscitation
rooms, 4 procedure rooms, 26 assessment cubicles and a Short Stay Unit. There is also a separate
Paediatric Unit and a Consult area for the assessment of low acuity patients. We have 4 clinical nurse
specialists who see many of the low acuity patients.
Registrar training and teaching
We are accredited for provisional training and for two years of advanced training with the Australasian
College of Emergency Medicine. There is a weekly teaching session for all RMO’s, which includes monthly
scenario sessions either in the Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre or on the resuscitation cubicles in the
department. Additionally there are weekly Part 1 and Part 2 teaching sessions for trainees. We have a
Director of Research and there is opportunity to be actively involved in research +/or audit projects within
the Emergency Department.
The Emergency Department team includes:
13 consultants
20 registrars
5 SHOs
1 clinical nurse manager
5 clinical nurse associates
4 clinical nurse specialists
1 clinical nurse educator
78 Nurse FTE
27 Clerical staff
12 HCAs
Volunteers
We provide:
• Comprehensive staff orientation
• Active “on the floor” support & advice
• Ongoing education and development
• Research opportunities
• Career development
• Continuous quality improvement projects
• Opportunity to attend conferences
• Access to the clinical skills training centre
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2 Oncology weekly journal club
3. Radiation treatment planning
4. New patient meeting for each service
5. Two haematology weekly journal clubs
Registrars are also actively encouraged to be part of clinical trials.
The day-to-day management of the unit is through the clinical director of each team, an overall
clinical unit leader, plus an Assistant Group Manager and a Business Manager. There is also a
Nurse manager leading the nursing team.