The NT Department of Health is offering FREE training to clinicians who would like to join the team at the Sexual Assault Referral Centre SARC) in Darwin.

SARC is recruiting medical and nursing staff for salaried and on-call positions. Following completion of this training course, all clinicians will have the opportunity to apply to work on the on-call roster as a member of the SARC team.

Training Prerequisites

This COMBINED course has a focus upon Forensic and Medical Management of Adult and Child Sexual Assault and Abuse.

Prerequisites for managing adult clients are as follows:

• nurses/midwives and  GP’s with women’s health experience including use of speculums (not essential – we will teach) & sexual health care; O&G consultants / registrars

Prerequisites for training to manage paediatric clients:

• medically trained; either paediatrician, paediatric registrar, or GP/RMO with substantial paediatric experience and ideally a Dip Paeds.

ALL participants need to attend a courtroom scenario session as part of the training requirement. This will take place during the training course.

Forensic Medical Management of Adult Sexual Assault / Abuse

Click on both links noted below to register for both the 23^rd & 24^th August training days.

• https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/forensic-medical-management-of-adult-sexual-assault-abuse-tickets-686326409767?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail
• https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/forensic-medical-management-of-adult-sexual-assault-abuse-tickets-686330391677?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail

Forensic Medical Management of Child Sexual Assault / Abuse

Click on all links noted below to register for all 3 training days (23^rd, 24^th & 25^th August).

• https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/forensic-medical-management-of-child-sexual-assault-abuse-tickets-686330883147?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail
• https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/forensic-medical-management-of-child-sexual-assault-abuse-tickets-686332267287?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail
• https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/forensic-medical-management-of-child-sexual-assault-abuse-tickets-686332849027?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail

This training is also advertised on the NT government mylearning website.

Questions?

If you have any further queries, please contact: deborah.frost@nt.gov.au