Advanced Trainee
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM25427
This is a STP funded position best suited to a senior general paediatric Advanced Trainee with an interest in community developmental. Twelve-month positions at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital are currently accredited for general paediatrics (6 months community developmental) and community child health (3 months non-core and 3 months social paediatrics).
Where you'll be working
The Wagga Wagga Health Service has undergone a $431 million redevelopment. It was delivered in three stages and completed in 2021. The health campus includes:
- 325 bed referral hospital called Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Opened in 2017, it supports over 40,000 emergency presentations, 1,100 births and approximately 11,000 operations each year.
- 24 hour Emergency Department equipped with telehealth cameras to connect the team in Wagga Wagga with other specialists or GPs across the state through the Critical Care Advisory Service, ensuring you get the care you need.
- A purpose-built Health Services Hub which opened in 2021. The new facility, linked to the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, offers a range of important services from a single site.The multi-storey building accommodates acute aged care inpatient beds, rehabilitation inpatient beds, an older person's mental inpatient unit, Hospital in the Home, expanded renal dialysis unit, expanded oral (dental) service, 60 clinic rooms and treatment spaces for allied health, outpatient, and community health services. There is also a Staff Hub and 30 staff meeting rooms of varying sizes with an electronic booking system and the latest presentation technology; a new lecture theatre and two nearby conference rooms, new clinical education and training spaces, including a simulation room and skills area and facilities for virtual training; a library, a dedicated Aboriginal meeting room and cultural courtyard; cafe; new multi-faith space; and facilitiies for corporate volunteers. There is also secure parking for fleet vehicles under the Health Services Hub.
- A specialised Mental Health Unit, which opened in 2013, to provide a large modern and comfortable facility. Community mental health services are co-located on the campus in the new Health Services Hub.
Wagga Wagga Health Service provides services including critical care, medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric, and rehabilitation care. We also provide mental health and community health services. We work with a team of specialists which include cardiovascular, gastroenterology, renal medicine, obstetrics, orthopaedics, psychiatry and paediatrics. There is also the provision of a full range of allied health and support services such as oral health, physiotheraphy, occupational therapy, sexual health and violence prevention and response services.
Location
Wagga Wagga is the largest regional city in NSW with an urban population of over 60,000 residents, nestled on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River.
Wagga Wagga offers a myriad of activities to enjoy, including a wonderful selection of restaurants, cafes, markets and wineries, galleries and museums. It has terrific gradens and recreational areas and caters to both the cultural and sporting enthusiasts.
There are extensive education options from early childhood through to tertiary; including public and private primary and secondary schools, the TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, Charles Sturt University, The University of NSW Rural Clinical School, and The University of Notre Dame – Rural clinical School.
What you'll be doing
In this role, the Advanced Trainee will engage primarily in the care of children in Murrumbidgee with developmental concerns through the provision of neurodevelopmental surveillance, screening and Tier 3 (paediatric) and Tier 4 (multidisciplinary team) assessments locally with diagnostic evaluation support from within Murrumbidgee Local Health District and Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. This role provides a breadth of clinical experience through outreach clinics across Modified Monash Modal (MMM) 3-6 geographical regions, in public and private health settings, using in person and telemedicine modalities and an innovative tertiary paediatric supported regional specific service.
There will also be opportunities for skill-building and leadership in research, teaching and education as well as formal accreditation offered in the Griffiths Developmental Scales and forensic child protection medicine. Minimal on-call/ emergency sick relief cover for the general paediatric acute ward is expected in this role (equivalent to approximately 1 weekend in 5 with subsequent time in lieu). A relocation support package is available for removal and rent assistance.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia
- Completion of at least four postgraduate years of medical practice
- High level communication skills, including the ability to convey, and adapt verbal and written information to a clinical and non-clinical audience
- Demonstrated good organisational and time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- Demonstrated high level independent clinical skills and judgement, with the ability to make sound decisions and problem solve with an awareness of limitations and ability to learn independently and modify behaviour accordingly.
- Previous experience in and willingness to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the planning, delivery and coordination of patient care.
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For role related queries or questions contact Kelly Lotz-Vaughan on kelly.lotz-vaughan@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 22 June 2025
