Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Leadership And Extracurricular Achievements
Volunteering History
Presentations
Timeline
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Ruth Malsem

Carnegie,VIC

Summary

Professional healthcare provider with comprehensive experience in patient care, diagnostics, and treatment. Known for strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to deliver optimal results in dynamic healthcare settings. Adept at adapting to evolving medical protocols and providing compassionate care. Skilled in clinical procedures, patient education, and medical research.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Anaesthetic Registrar

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
02.2025 - Current
  • Facilitated effective communication between critical care units and other hospital departments, ensuring cohesive care delivery across the continuum for critically ill patients.
  • Demonstrated a high level of adaptability in adjusting to ever-changing patient acuity levels within the critical care unit, ensuring consistent delivery of safe and effective medical care.

Casual Event Medical Officer

Endurance Medical Services
12.2024 - Current
  • Provide a rapid primary assessment, and Advanced Wilderness Life Support therapies to endurance athletes during trail runs.
  • Facilitate extraction of trail runners from remote course areas or provide temporary shelter whilst waiting for advanced evacuation strategies.

Intensive Care Registrar

Monash Medical Centre/Victorian Heart Hospital
01.2024 - 02.2025
  • Actively engaged in ongoing professional development through participation in conferences, workshops, and formal training courses related to critical care medicine.
  • Provided compassionate end-of-life care for terminally ill patients, ensuring their comfort and dignity during the dying process.

Critical Care HMO

St Vincent’s Hospital
01.2023 - 01.2024

Rotation in Emergency Medicine ( 3mths), Intensive care (6mths) and Anaethesia (3mth)

  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

Locum/Travel Year

Various Locations
10.2022 - 01.2023
  • Alice Springs: Emergency Medicine Senior Resident (3 months)
  • Mildura: General Medicine Resident
  • Launceston: Renal Resident and Endocrine Resident
  • Sir Charles Gardiner (Perth): Respiratory Resident
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

General Year

Melbourne Health
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Oncology Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Community Psychiatry

Intern

Eastern Health
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • General Medicine, Mental Health, Emergency Medicine and General Surgery (Both Metro and Rural)

Vet Nurse Assistant

Warby Street Vet Clinic
01.2012 - 12.2015
  • Contributed to efficient clinic operations by maintaining clean and organized treatment areas, exam rooms, and kennels.
  • Assisted in surgical operations, ensuring a sterile environment and proper preparation of instruments for optimal outcomes.

Education

Master of Public Health And Tropical Medicine -

James Cook University
Townsville, QLD
07.2024

Graduate Certificate of Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments -

University of Tasmania
Tasmania
12.2022

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) -

Monash University- Extended Rural Cohort
Melbourne
12.2019

High School Diploma -

Cathedral College
Wangartta
12-2014

Skills

  • Anaesthesia & Critical Care: Airway management, regional & general anaesthesia, perioperative care, haemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, trauma & sepsis management
  • Wilderness & Remote Medicine: Austere environment critical care, prolonged field care, altitude & dive medicine, retrieval & telemedicine, trauma response
  • Leadership & Teamwork: Crisis management, multidisciplinary collaboration, teaching & mentoring, expedition medicine leadership
  • Other: Ultrasound-guided procedures, evidence-based practice, simulation training, risk assessment & logistics in remote healthcare

Leadership And Extracurricular Achievements

  • McGill University/Wilderness MD Wilderness Medicine Residency Elective, 12/24
  • Wilderness First Aid Certificate, 12/23
  • Education Committee St Vincent’s Melbourne, 12/23
  • SSI Advanced Adventure Diver, 12/22
  • Various certifications in personal interests such as Avalanche Safety, Survival Camping etc

Volunteering History

  • Australian Wilderness and Expedition Medicine Society Conference committee, 12/24
  • Instructor at Wilderness Medicine Crash Course for Medical Students in Quebec, 12/24
  • MUMUS Momentum 5th year Mentoring Program, 01/23 - 12/24
  • Tough Mudder Volunteer/Participant, 01/15 - 12/19
  • Melbourne Marathon, 12/17
  • Additional fundraising and one-off charity events, most recently being: blood donation

Presentations

  • Otitis Media in Indigenous Communities, 12/22, Alice Springs Hospital
  • Case Study Presentation, 12/20, Bairnsdale Hospital Intern Teaching
  • Chest Pain: Differential Diagnosis, 12/19, Monash University

Timeline

Anaesthetic Registrar

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
02.2025 - Current

Casual Event Medical Officer

Endurance Medical Services
12.2024 - Current

Intensive Care Registrar

Monash Medical Centre/Victorian Heart Hospital
01.2024 - 02.2025

Critical Care HMO

St Vincent’s Hospital
01.2023 - 01.2024

Locum/Travel Year

Various Locations
10.2022 - 01.2023

General Year

Melbourne Health
01.2021 - 01.2022

Intern

Eastern Health
01.2020 - 01.2021

Vet Nurse Assistant

Warby Street Vet Clinic
01.2012 - 12.2015

Master of Public Health And Tropical Medicine -

James Cook University

Graduate Certificate of Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments -

University of Tasmania

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) -

Monash University- Extended Rural Cohort

High School Diploma -

Cathedral College
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