Eva-Christine Ross, MBBS, FACEM

I am a team-orientated, hard-working and compassionate person thriving on the daily challenges Emergency Medicine has to offer.

My work is focused on putting patients of all ages and with different health ailments at ease while providing them with compassionate, comprehensive and professional emergency care.

I bring with me over 15 years of highly skilled work experience in direct Emergency Department patient care.

I value working efficiently and collaborative with a wide range of personalities and specialties, ensuring the smooth running of this busy department and ensuring tasks get done.

I am highly valued and respected by senior nurses and medical staff and the wider allied health work force.

For 2 years now I have been privileged to work in a Fellow role, working in a senior position alongside the incredibly knowledgeable SMO group and gaining invaluable insight into the complex administrative aspects required to ensure the smooth running of the department.

I have been responsible for the roster of the Fellow group since 2020 and would be happy to continue this in the future.

Besides my Emergency Medicine specialist training I bring with me 2 years paediatric work experience through my training in Germany and apply this knowledge effectively when overseeing the newly opened CEC.

I have taken a very strong interest in Palliative and Geriatric care during my training . My current Fellowship focuses on Palliative care and the future role this Emergency Department has to play, serving the demands of a growing, culturally diverse but also ageing community.

I work closely with the hospital acute palliative care clinical director Dr Kate Grundy and am mentored by ED physician Dr Scott Pearson. I am striving to achieve a post graduate diploma in palliative care through Auckland University next year.

My vision is improving the collaboration and communication between ED and community and inpatient palliative care and aged care services. The goal is improving care and flow of these patients when presenting in crisis while preventing lengthy ED or hospital stays.

Staff education is vital and I would like to champion this in the future and integrate it into my passion for teaching our junior work force.

On a personal note, I moved to New Zealand in 2004 after marrying my husband Jeremy. I found my passion for Emergency Medicine with my first ED rotation in 2006. We have 3 wonderful children and Christchurch is our home.

I joined the ACEM training programme in 2007 and have become a FACEM this year.

I worked alongside an incredible work force through the earthquakes in 2011, the Al Noor mosque shooting in 2019 and recent challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

I offer experience, strong work ethics and enthusiasm to the department and want to add to its future innovations and growth.

Native German Speaker

Fluent English

Basic conversational French

Returning to work from extended leave: A trainee perspective. Ross E . (2017), Emergency Medicine Australasia 2017;

29: 581-582.

Around the Health Table workshop: (2021) Presentation at HCT on innovation and goals of current ED fellowship in palliative care to other departments in Australasia.

Responsibility for managing roster of Fellow group : 2020-current

Older People in ED interest group (2018-2020)- multidisciplinary committee aimed at all health professionals with an interest in caring for older people in ED. The purpose of this group is to monitor the care of older people through their ED experience including relevant prehospital and community aspects. The objective is to promote excellence in care of older people in ED, to provide education to all ED staff and to ensure adequate knowledge by all ED staff of the multidisciplinary nature involved in the care of older people.

Currently not meeting until EO open again.

We as a family love the outdoors, especially camping and tramping each summer.

I am a passionate skier and hold a skiing instructor license since 1998, which I used to combine my love for skiing with semester break jobs in Austria during my medical school years.

Sport is important for us as a family and we encourage our children to lead a healthy life style.

I enjoy actively taking part in social activities to bring the ED family together outside of work. I have formed many friendships and gained an invaluable support network.

I loved initiatives such as EDGE and High Five between the Emergency and Radiology Department in Christchurch Hospital in the past. It has made an immense impact on team moral and overall work satisfaction of all staff. I love seeing initiatives like these and hope to see more of these in the coming years.

1. Dr Scott Pearson, Emergency Physician, Christchurch. Email : scott.pearson@cdhb.health.nz

2. Dr David Richards, Emergency Physician, Christchurch. Email : david.richards@cdhb.health.nz

3. Dr Lyn Pugh, DEMT, Emergency Physician, Christchurch. Email: lyn.pugh@cdhb.health.nz

4. Dr Kate Grundy, Clinical Director acute palliative care services, Christchurch. Email: kate.grundy@cdhb.health.nz