Advanced Trainee

Sydney Local Health District is seeking a highly motivated Advanced Trainee or a GP Trainee wanting Special Skills Term to join the Palliative Care team at Concord Hospital

What you will be doing:
This position is open to qualified candidates who will have completed 24 months medical clinical experience in a hospital setting and who are interested in working in Palliative Care. You will be working with the hospital consult Palliative Care service under supervision. As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will deal with matters of an urgent or sensitive nature, whilst exercising discretion, sensitivity and maintaining confidentiality.  Decision making and supervision will be at the appropriate level according to your skills, knowledge and experience.  You will be expected to adopt a progressively more independent approach to patient management under the guidance of and at the discretion of the Palliative Care Consultant. This position will be supported by a second Advanced Trainee in Palliative Medicine, JMO and senior Palliative Care Nurses.

This role is ideal for those with an interest in developing Palliative Care skills and is useful for GP special skills term, other specialty training and BPT training. The Diploma in Palliative Care is encouraged to be undertaken for those interested in the Diploma.

Where you will be working:
Concord Repatriation General Hospital is a principal referral facility and a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney. We offer a comprehensive range of specialty and sub-specialty services, many recognised nationally and internationally as Centre’s of excellence. Major services include colorectal and laparoscopic surgery, gastroenterology, geriatrics and rehabilitation medicine, bone and joint services, cancer services, haematology, respiratory medicine and sleep studies, molecular biology and genetics, and those provided through the internationally acknowledged Statewide Burns Service, in which Concord plays a major part. Concord Hospital maintains string links to the veteran community.

What we can offer you:
•    Supportive, collegiate and diverse work environment
•    Ongoing professional development and career opportunities
•    Salary packaging and fitness passport for eligible staff including utilising SLHD gym facilities
•    Wellbeing, advocacy, mentorship and support opportunities exclusively for medical staff through SLHDs multifaceted workplace program MDOK.

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
                            
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Sydney Local Health District’s vision incorporates NSW Health Core Values and a commitment to equity, health improvement, timeliness and efficiency, recognising that evidence-based service delivery requires highly skilled and valued staff supported by research, education and state-of-the-art technologies. 
 
Our strategic priority under this vision is our commitment to excellence in Patient and Family Centre Care. Staff are supported to ensure patients, their families and carers are considered as partners in care to achieve optimal patient outcomes and best possible healthcare experience.