Trainee - Unaccredited Position

Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration:  89,095.00 - 139,187.00
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM27306

Contract end date 31.January.2027
 

Where you'll be working
Westmead Hospital is a key facility of one of Australia’s largest major health and medical research precincts and is the principal referral hospital for Western Sydney Local Health District providing district level health services to Parramatta, Holroyd and The Hills Shire LGAs including tertiary and quaternary services to greater Western Sydney, greater metropolitan Sydney, rural NSW and other states. The Westmead Health Precinct currently under development is envisaged to be the largest hospital building project undertaken in Western Sydney and will transform the iconic but ageing Westmead Hospital into an innovative, contemporary, and integrated centre that will continue to deliver high quality healthcare and expand the education, health, and research capability of the area.

Westmead Hospital is a leading centre of research, training and specialisation in all fields of Medicine and Dentistry, providing services in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Kidney and Pancreas transplantation, Cancer Care, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Neonatal Intensive Care, Trauma, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Critical Care, Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Adult Acute Psychiatry (networked with the co-located Cumberland Hospital) as well as other specialised medical and surgical services.

Westmead Hospital is also the principal referral centre for other metropolitan hospitals within the district including Auburn Hospital, Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital.

Intensive care service in Westmead hospital includes 36 general, and 10 post cardiothoracic surgical ICU beds. General ICU bed numbers have expanded by 50% in early 2020. Cardiothoracic ICU has also recently moved into a newly built ICU pod. Common ICU admissions include complex medical cases such as sepsis, severe respiratory or cardiac failure, complicated bone marrow transplant, and surgical cases including trauma, neurosurgery, vascular, cardiothoracic, ENT, plastic surgery, urology, upper GI, hepatobiliary, and colorectal procedures.

What you'll be doing
WSLHD - JMO - Unaccredited Trainee - Cardiology - Westmead Hospital
 

This position offers senior medical trainees the opportunity to enhance their clinical skills in the disciplines of Cardiology, Geriatric or General Medicine within a tertiary institution. The unaccredited advanced trainee must have successfully completed the RACP Divisional Clinical Exam.

Unaccredited Trainees will provide patient care under the supervision of a Consultant Physician (Attending Medical Officer) who has the legal responsibility for the care of the patients. There is an expectation that all consultants are available for direct or telephone consultation regarding issues of patient management. Within the hospital the trainee will in turn supervise junior medical staff, usually PGY1&2. They will also provide some assistance and supervision to basic physician trainees allocated to the Department.

Unaccredited trainees will communicate regularly with the following: Their junior medical staff, Nursing staff Allied health professionals, Secretarial staff, General Practitioners, They will also be required to liaise closely, either in person or by telephone with their supervising consultant and the departmental manager. The purpose of such communication is to ensure that all involved in patient care are fully informed of issues relevant to the management of such patients. Such communication is facilitated by formal and informal meetings including scheduled case conferences, educational and training meetings and departmental meetings. Attendance at these meetings is mandatory.

Day to day clinical management decisions, prioritisation of activities and appropriate delegation skills, Supervision and delegation of decision making responsibility will be provided by the Attending Medical Officers and designated supervisors in a flexible and ongoing way that is consistent with that provided to vocational trainees undertaking advanced training with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Unaccredited Trainees are given responsibility for patient care that is graded according to their experience and demonstrated competence  level.

Participating in after hours and on call rosters.