Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Teaching and Education
Continueing Medical Education
Additional Information
Timeline
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Kim Tan

Kim Tan

Perth,WA

Summary

FRACGP with a special interest in occupational and aviation medicine.

Extensive experience in critical care and emergency medicine, including aeromedical retrieval with the Royal Flying Doctors in Alice Springs ( 2016).

Currently pursuing the Post Grad Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health with Monash Uni

  • Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners( FRACGP) 2018
  • Occupational Medicine Practitioner
  • Aviation Medicine Practitioner / Designated Aviation Medical Examiner ( CASA) 2016
  • Medical Review Officer ( MRO) 2022
  • Diploma in Emergency Medicine( ACEM) 2018
  • Grad Cert in International Public Health (UQ) 2018
  • Rural and Remote GP

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Occupational Medicine Practitioner

Jem Health
09.2023 - Current

Occupational Medicine Practitioner/Supervisor

Spartan First
06.2022 - 08.2023
  • Pre-Employment Medicals/ Specialized Medicals - OGUK And Rail
  • Aviation Medicine (CASA) medicals
  • Health Surveillance for DMIRS
  • Supervisor for other medical professionals seeking registration with AHPRA. Mentorship for other medical/healthcare professional
  • Training/education and support for other staff
  • Quality control, review of medical guidelines and internal processes for clinical and non-clinical staff for ongoing quality improvement

Medical Practitioner

Mineral Resources
10.2022 - Current
  • Writing and reviewing Pre-Employment Medical standards guidelines, Drug and Alcohol Policies
  • Leading the Silica Health Surveillance programs for Minres sites
  • Pre-employment assessments
  • Health Surveillance

General Medical Practitioner

BHP Nickel West
07.2019 - Current
  • GP in MMM7 ( very remote) town, operated by BHP
  • Providing generalist and emergency care to residents in Leinster
  • Part of the covid19 vaccination rollout and response

Medical Officer for Perth Hotel Quarantine Project

Department Of Health
05.2021 - 04.2022
  • Medical officer for The Perth Hotel Quarantine Project, as part of the National Covid Response team for the Global Pandemic
  • Competent in infection control and quarantine policies
  • Working under the directions of the State Health Incident Coordination Centre and Department of Health

General Medical Practitioner

Eastgate Medical Centre
06.2021 - 09.2022


  • Aviation Medicals and CASA related medical appointments including assessment for fitness to fly/grounding.

Medical Practitioner

Forum Medical Group
12.2019 - 04.2021
  • Injury management
  • Coal Board medical accredited
  • Aviation Medicals (DAME)
  • Education and Mentoring

General Medical Practitioner

GPSC Midland
06.2019 - 11.2019
  • working as a GP in a busy GP super clinic in Midland

Senior Medical Officer ( Casual Locum)

Harvey Hospital
11.2018 - Current
  • Attending to emergency department and ward patients
  • Admitting rights to ward
  • 24 hour on call, roster sharing with other medical practitioners

Senior Medical Officer

Ramsay Health , Peel Health Campus
01.2009 - 12.2019
  • Casual position

GP Registrar

GP Superclinic @ Midland Railway Workshops
01.2018 - 01.2019

GP Registrar

Brighton Beach Medical Centre
07.2017 - 01.2018
  • Chronic disease management, women's, men's health and preventative health
  • DAME work

Extended Skills in Occupational Medicine

Redimed
01.2017 - 07.2017
  • Consulting patients for work related injuries and pre employment medicals
  • Site visits
  • Telehealth consults for remote worksites

Senior Registrar

Retrieval Medicine, Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operation Alice Springs Hospital NT
01.2016 - 07.2016
  • Based in Alice Springs hospital and RFDS hangar Alice Springs
  • Aircraft PC-12
  • Telehealth advice for remote clinics and crew
  • Inter hospital transfers to Darwin and Adelaide
  • Departmental meetings, topic presentations and clinical Audits

Senior Registrar

Emergency Medicine Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital WA
08.2015 - 10.2015
  • Clinical management of patients, overseeing the department under the supervision of emergency consultants, supervising junior doctors

Hyperbaric Medicine Unit Registrar

Hyperbarics Department, Fiona Stanley Hospital
02.2015 - 07.2015
  • Treatment of elective and emergency cases including divers with decompression sickness, necrotising fasciitis,  and post chemotherapy complications.
  • Ongoing professional development  includes giving talks on  "hyperbaric treatment in burns" and "hyperbaric treatment in inflammatory bowel disease" to other departments

Emergency Medicine Registrar ( FTE 0.5)

Fremantle Hospital
02.2014 - 01.2015

Anaesthetics Registrar

Rockingham General Hospital WA
08.2013 - 01.2014
  • Participation in anaesthetics cases alongside anaesthetic consultants
  • ongoing professional development in audits and talks

Emergency Department Registrar

Armadale Kelmscot Hospital WA
02.2013 - 07.2013

Emergency Registrar

Rockingham General Hospital WA
08.2012 - 02.2013

Emergency Medicine Registrar

Fremantle Health Service
07.2011 - 07.2012

Intensive Care Unit Registrar

Fremantle Health Service
1 2011 - 6 2011
  • 16 beds including cardiac surgery.
  • MET calls team leader, external referrals.

Emergency Medicine

PROVISIONAL TRAINING
01.2007 - 08.2010

Emergency Registrar

Swan Health Service WA
06.2009 - 07.2010

Anaesthetics Registrar

Liverpool Hospital
08.2008 - 10.2008

Emergency Department Registrar

Liverpool Hospital
01.2008 - 08.2008
  • Emergency Registrar in a Major trauma centre

Emergency Basic Trainee

Liverpool Health Service
01.2007 - 01.2008

Resident Medical Officer

Westmead Children's Hospital
04.2007 - 06.2007


Anaesthetics/ Nights

Liverpool Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2006

Intern

Bankstown Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2005
  • First year post graduate

Education

FRACGP -

RACGP - The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners
East Melbourne, VIC
03.2019

Diploma - Emergency Medicine

Australasian College For Emergency Medicine
West Melbourne, VIC
2019

Grad Certificate - International Public Health

The University Of Queensland
Saint Lucia, QLD
2018

Australian Certificate of Civil Aviation Medicine - Public Health

Monash University
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2015

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery - Faculty of Medicine

University of Melbourne
Parkville, VIC
2003

Skills

  • Task oriented, prioritization of tasks
  • Team player
  • Committed to education, teaching and CME
  • Skilled in emergency procedures
  • Culturally sensitive
  • Calm under pressure

Certification

  • DAME (Designated Aviation Medical Examiner) for CASA ( Civil Aviation Safety Authority)
  • OGUK for Offshore Oil and Gas Medicals
  • AHP(authorized health professional) for rail medicals for Rail Industry Workers
  • MRO ( Medical Review Officer)
  • ALS2 competent and up to date ( every 4 years)
  • CPR competent ( annual update)
  • Certified in Hand Hygiene and Infection Control Procedures


Affiliations

  • Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners
  • Australian Society of Aerospace Medicine 2010
  • ANZSOM ( Australian and NZ Society of Occupational Medicine)
  • Civil Aviation Safety Authority
  • Aerospace Medicine Association, AsMA(USA)
  • Australasian College of Emergency Medicine

Teaching and Education

  • GP Preceptor and tutor for the Rural Clinical School, Kalgoorlie
  • Supervisor for doctors returning to practice under AHPRA supervision program ( Spartan First )
  • Previous Faculty Member for CTEC University of Western Australia ( UWA)


Continueing Medical Education


  • Australian Society of Aerospace Medicine conference Aug 2018
  • Advanced Life Support 2 SJOG Murdoch Hospital Aug 2018
  • RACGP CME Skindeep - a dermatology update Feb 2017
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program Updates ,Alice Springs Hospital NT Feb 2016
  • Central Australian Retrieval Course, RFDS Central Operations, Alice Springs, NT Feb 2016
  • Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics ( ALSO) June 2013
  • Introduction to Humanitarian Operations Course, Australian Aid International, Melbourne June 2012
  • Basic and Emergency Ultrasound Course, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, 2012
  • Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course – Princess Margaret Hospital 2010
  • Austrauma Conference - Westmead Hospital 2008
  • Trauma Day workshop - Liverpool hospital 2007
  • Toxicology Seminar- Prince of Wales Hospital 2007
  • Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) – Prince of Wales Hospital NSW 2007

Additional Information

  • Aviation and aeromedical  medicine 
  • emergency medicine 
  • occupational medicine 

Timeline

Occupational Medicine Practitioner

Jem Health
09.2023 - Current

Medical Practitioner

Mineral Resources
10.2022 - Current

Occupational Medicine Practitioner/Supervisor

Spartan First
06.2022 - 08.2023

General Medical Practitioner

Eastgate Medical Centre
06.2021 - 09.2022

Medical Officer for Perth Hotel Quarantine Project

Department Of Health
05.2021 - 04.2022

Medical Practitioner

Forum Medical Group
12.2019 - 04.2021

General Medical Practitioner

BHP Nickel West
07.2019 - Current

General Medical Practitioner

GPSC Midland
06.2019 - 11.2019

Senior Medical Officer ( Casual Locum)

Harvey Hospital
11.2018 - Current

GP Registrar

GP Superclinic @ Midland Railway Workshops
01.2018 - 01.2019

GP Registrar

Brighton Beach Medical Centre
07.2017 - 01.2018

Extended Skills in Occupational Medicine

Redimed
01.2017 - 07.2017

Senior Registrar

Retrieval Medicine, Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operation Alice Springs Hospital NT
01.2016 - 07.2016

Senior Registrar

Emergency Medicine Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital WA
08.2015 - 10.2015

Hyperbaric Medicine Unit Registrar

Hyperbarics Department, Fiona Stanley Hospital
02.2015 - 07.2015

Emergency Medicine Registrar ( FTE 0.5)

Fremantle Hospital
02.2014 - 01.2015

Anaesthetics Registrar

Rockingham General Hospital WA
08.2013 - 01.2014

Emergency Department Registrar

Armadale Kelmscot Hospital WA
02.2013 - 07.2013

Emergency Registrar

Rockingham General Hospital WA
08.2012 - 02.2013

Emergency Medicine Registrar

Fremantle Health Service
07.2011 - 07.2012

Emergency Registrar

Swan Health Service WA
06.2009 - 07.2010

Senior Medical Officer

Ramsay Health , Peel Health Campus
01.2009 - 12.2019

Anaesthetics Registrar

Liverpool Hospital
08.2008 - 10.2008

Emergency Department Registrar

Liverpool Hospital
01.2008 - 08.2008

Resident Medical Officer

Westmead Children's Hospital
04.2007 - 06.2007

Emergency Medicine

PROVISIONAL TRAINING
01.2007 - 08.2010

Emergency Basic Trainee

Liverpool Health Service
01.2007 - 01.2008

Anaesthetics/ Nights

Liverpool Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2006

Intern

Bankstown Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2005

Intensive Care Unit Registrar

Fremantle Health Service
1 2011 - 6 2011

FRACGP -

RACGP - The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners

Diploma - Emergency Medicine

Australasian College For Emergency Medicine

Grad Certificate - International Public Health

The University Of Queensland

Australian Certificate of Civil Aviation Medicine - Public Health

Monash University

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery - Faculty of Medicine

University of Melbourne
  • DAME (Designated Aviation Medical Examiner) for CASA ( Civil Aviation Safety Authority)
  • OGUK for Offshore Oil and Gas Medicals
  • AHP(authorized health professional) for rail medicals for Rail Industry Workers
  • MRO ( Medical Review Officer)
  • ALS2 competent and up to date ( every 4 years)
  • CPR competent ( annual update)
  • Certified in Hand Hygiene and Infection Control Procedures


Kim Tan