Basic Physician Trainee
Remuneration: As per Agreement
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM23986
An exciting opportunity exists to join the St Vincent South West BPT Network as a Basic Physician Trainee.
Where you'll be working
St Vincent’s Hospital is a major public teaching hospital and a principal tertiary referral hospital. St Vincent’s specialises in heart/lung transplantation; bone marrow transplantation; cardiology; cancer; HIV medicine; respiratory medicine; mental health; and drug and alcohol services. Centrally located in Darlinghurst, it sits on the edge of Sydney’s business district. St Vincent’s follows the philosophy, mission and values of the Mary Aikenhead Ministries.
The Hospital has a long-standing reputation for treating the highest acuity and complex patient loads, attracting referrals on a state-wide and national basis.
Campbelltown Hospital provides a dynamic environment for Basic Physician Trainees to work and train and is located within the most ethnically diverse health area within Australia. It is a 306 bed hospital providing intensive care, cardiology, maternity, gynaecology, paediatrics, palliative care, respiratory and stroke medicine, surgery and emergency medicine and broad aged care services to the Macarthur community.
Campbelltown has an excellent tutorial series and several of the Consultants on staff are examiners with the College of Physicians. Campbelltown Hospital is an examining site for the Clinical Exam for the College of Physicians.
Wagga Wagga Rural Referral Hospital is a 294 bed general facility servicing a provincial population of more than 269,000 people. The Hospital is accredited for basic physician training and has been a secondment hospital for trainees for over 20 years. The Hospitals diagnostic support facilities are without peer in regional NSW, and the co-location of the Greater Murray Rural Clinical School (UNSW) provides the latest technology, library and educational support. A trial clinical exam is held at Wagga Wagga and several of the Consultants on staff are examiners with the College of Physicians. Wagga Wagga is an examining site for the Clinical Exam for the College of Physicians.
What you'll be doing
Basic Physician Training roles consist of rotations through medical departments, working under an appropriate level of supervision by consultants. Rotations have different levels of responsibility and team structures. BPTs will gain increasing clinical autonomy and accountability as team leaders throughout the course of the three-year training program, building on their skills and attributes with the goal of entering an Advanced Training program.
BPTs undertaking the care of medical patients should ensure that they operate within their own level of expertise within a collaborative clinical care model and to seek consultation with the treating physician when appropriate, in the following activities:
- Clinically assess patients, incorporating consultation/history taking, examination, and formulation of a differential diagnosis and management plans
- Discuss diagnoses and management plans with patients and their families or carers
- Document the progress of patients in multiple settings
- Prescribe medications tailored to patients’ needs and conditions
- Transfer care of patients
- Choose, organise and interpret investigations
- Assess and manage acutely unwell patients
- Plan, prepare for, perform, and provide after care for important procedures
- MBBS or equivalent, current general registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
- This role requires eligibility for or current registration as a Basic Physician Trainee with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and intent to obtain Fellowship of the RACP. What is your current RACP status?
- Qualifications and experience as outlined in the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrated recent relevant experience in clinical medicine and ability to work in a complex clinical environment.
- Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills in dealings with patients, team members and supervisors.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning, teaching, research, quality improvement and clinical leadership in medicine.
- Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem-solving skills in a clinical setting within a multidisciplinary team.
- Proven ability to apply clinical knowledge and concepts in practical situations in the context of multiple competing priorities.
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For role related queries or questions contact Lauren Gibson on lauren.gibson@svha.org.au
Applications Close: 27, November 2024
