WNSWLHD - General Practice Procedural Trainee

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time/Part Time for 12 months
Position Classification: Senior Registrar
Remuneration: $156,494 pa (with allowance $229,825 pa)
Hours Per Week: Up to 38 hrs pw
Location: Negotiable within Western NSW LHD

Applications Close:  27 November 2024 at 11:59pm

Western NSW Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply for our advertised positions. If you require any assistance with your application or have any questions about this position, please get in touch with the contact person listed in this advertisement.

Fellowed General Practitioners

Full Time and Part Time training opportunity for

Advanced Skills Training in Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Palliative Care, and Rural Generalist Refresher Training (Anaesthetics)

Opportunities are available to complete advanced skilled training as a Fellowed General Practitioner with competitive rates of remuneration for the duration of the training. We can offer training to acquire skills as a Rural Generalist to be utilised in rural NSW. Training opportunities are currently available for Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics, Palliative Care and Rural Generalist Refresher Training (Anaesthetics). Our positions are available in Orange, Bathurst and Mudgee.

There is a requirement at Orange for Emergency Medicine and Obstetrics positions that you will participate in the full roster, inclusive of night shifts and on-call.

What we can offer you

·         Country living with a meaningful career path

·         Flexible work practices (as appropriate to the position and negotiated with your manager)

·         Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport

·         Opportunities for learning and development, including in-house training with My Health Learning and the NSW Health RTO

·         Professional growth and accelerated career progression

What you’ll be doing

Provision of a consistent Rural Generalist Medical service to patients of Western NSW LHD (WNSWLHD), coordination of clinical management of patients consistent with the plans of the Admitting Medical Officer and improvement in the continuity of care within WNSWLHD and between the hospital and the community.

The General Practitioner Procedural Training Program with WNSWLHD offers Fellowed General Practitioners flexible Advanced Skills Training opportunities at:

·         Orange Hospital (Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Paediatrics);

·         Bathurst Hospital (Emergency Medicine and Obstetrics);

·         Psychiatry (various facilities within the Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Services within WNSWLHD);

·         Palliative Care Medicine (varying facilities across WNSWLHD); and

·         Mudgee Hospital (Rural Generalist Refresher Training – Anaesthetics).

This program is available to Fellowed General Practitioners wanting to acquire or maintain procedural skills for use in rural NSW. It is recognised that General Practitioners undertaking procedural training are most likely to have established practices, therefore training may be flexible to allow continuation of part time work in the practice. The procedural training specialty should be appropriate to the service needs of the rural community in which they intend to practice. Recruitment will be focused on GPs proposing to take up rural practice who are residing in, or are prepared to reside in and practice as a General Practitioner in rural NSW.

The General Practice Procedural Trainee will be engaged as a Senior Registrar under the Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award with a salary of $156,494 per annum. The Trainee will receive an allowance to increase total remuneration to the level of Staff Specialist Year 5, Level 1 as per the Staff Specialists (State) Award, in line with Award increases.