Advanced Trainee
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM26107
Northern NSW Training Network
The Northern NSW Radiation Oncology Training Network is a collaboration of six teaching facilities spanning Central and Western Sydney and the NSW North Coast.
We offer a unique mix of metropolitan and regional training settings, all of which provide comprehensive, high quality local and network teaching.
Each site offers varied experiences, and trainees work collaboratively across the network centres. We also have strong ties with the Southern NSW/ACT Training Network, with whom we share a Combined Network Teaching Program that delivers monthly network teaching days.
Where you'll be working
There are currently eight accredited training sites within the network, making us one of the largest in Australia: Lismore Base Hospital, Coffs Harbour Health Campus, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Royal North Shore Hospital, RPA (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse), Westmead/Blacktown Hospitals and Nepean Hospital.
The successful applicants will be appointed to a ‘home hospital’ within the training network, where they will be working and training the majority of the time. Trainees will spend no more than four years at any single training site within their five-year training program as per RANZCR requirements.
The position involves a minimum 12-month (1.0 FTE) rotation to another site within the training network to fulfil all RANZCR curriculum requirements. All Northern NSW Network trainees are required to complete a minimum of 6 months training at a regional site within the Network (e.g. Lismore, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie), therefore trainees with a metropolitan site as their ‘home hospital’ will spend a minimum of 6 months on rotation to a regional site, with a preference for 12-month allocations where practicable.
What you'll be doing
- Patient management during and after completion of treatment, outpatient clinical duties, inpatient consultation services, patient advocacy and care of the terminally ill
- Radiotherapy contouring and treatment planning under consultant supervision
- Maintaining professional relationships within the Cancer Services teams through communication with hospital departments and Network groups, and the supervision of junior staff.
By the end of training, the trainee should be able to provide a safe radiation oncology service to patients under supervision.
Radiation Oncology training contracts comprise a three year then a two-year contract to fulfil the five-year training requirement:
- Year 1 - contract is 3 years
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
- Demonstrated interest and/or experience in Radiation Oncology and are eligible for student membership to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR). Candidates applying for a first-year training position must also submit a valid RANZCR College Registration Verification Number (CRVN) as part of their application.
- Demonstrated communication skills providing clear direction to peers, recording accurate and legible clinical records, discussing medical information, breaking bad news with patients and their families.
- Able to make sound decisions in accordance with level of experience and awareness of limitations.
- Demonstrated excellent clinical skills, judgement and patient advocacy.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team which includes other medical staff, allied health, nursing and administrative staff, to ensure the appropriate management of patients.
- Preparedness to move between services and geographical locations (within the Network) in the delivery of patient care and participate in overtime and on-call rosters as required.
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For role related queries or questions contact Kylie Withnell on Kylie.Withnell@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 05, August 2025
