Intensive Care Unit
(ICU) opportunities in Australia and New Zealand exist at all
levels including consultant specialist, registrar and resident
(SHO).
The practice of ICU
in Australia and New Zealand is very similar to that in any other
westernised country such as the UK or Ireland.
Intensive Care
Medicine is a relatively new specialty worldwide and has been
rapidly expanding over the last 20 years in Australia and New
Zealand. Nowadays, most ICUs here will possess state-of-the-art
ventilators and monitors and will have teams of well trained
critical care nurses employed.
Over the last 3
years, saw the birth of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care
Medicine (JFICM) which is a faculty which is affiliated with both
the RACP (Royal Australasian College of Physicians) and RANZCA
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists).
ICU is a very
popular specialty for trainee physicians, surgeons and
anaesthetists as the practical skills acquired are transferable to
all disciplines.
The majority of
vacancies are at registrar or senior registrar (fellow) level with
a few consultant vacancies.
