Provisional Fellow

Sydney Local Health District is seeking a highly motivated Provisional Fellow to join the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuro-immunology Service at RPA Hospital

What you will be doing:

Clinical

• The Fellowship will provide the successful applicant with advanced subspecialty skills in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology within the RPAH Neurology Department. Participation in the RPAH Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular clinics constitute the core clinical components of the Fellowship. The Fellow will also be expected to attend the weekly RPAH Neurology clinical meetings. While this position will not be directly responsible for inpatient care during working hours, the Fellow will be expected to participate in the on-call roster with other Neurology Advanced trainees/basic trainees.

The Fellow will be expected to actively participate in MS/neuro-inflammatory disease clinical trials involving all stages of MS as an examining physician.

They will gain experience in the use clinical outcome measures such as the EDSS, the multiple sclerosis functional composite (MSFC), and MRI-based outcome measures.

Research

• The Fellow will be expected to participate in basic, translational or clinical research that will lead to the submission of at least one manuscript to a high-impact journal. The project will be supervised by one of the MS Neurologists or MS/Neuroimmunology Researchers based at the Brain and Mind Centre. The Fellow will be expected to present this work at the annual ANZAN conference, and if applicable, at one overseas meeting such as ECTRIMS.

The Department of Neurology and MS Service at RPAH

The Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroimmunology Service at RPAH offers comprehensive subspecialty care for patients with MS and other inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system.  The successful applicant will work under the direct supervision of the Director of RPAH MS Service and other subspecialist neurologists in the Department. The RPAH MS Service was the first-established MS clinic in Australia, operates the largest MS Clinic in NSW is closely linked to the co-located MS Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre.  The bulk of patients attending the clinic participate in clinical, imaging, biomarker and other investigator-led research programs; and/or in Phase 2-4 clinical trials. 

In addition to the MS Clinic, Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular clinics at RPAH will provide the successful applicant with experience across a full range of central and peripheral neuroimmunological disorders.  The Neuroimmunology clinic is a combined Neurology and Immunology led service subspecialising in complex CNS inflammatory disorders.

Where you will be working:

Royal Prince Alfred is the principal teaching hospital of the University of Sydney and offers speciality services from its main campus as well as from Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and Dame Edith Walker Hospitals.  RPAH is one of Australia's leading hospitals, providing an extensive range of diagnostic and treatment services. Its specialities include cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, cancer, respiratory medicine, neurology, liver and kidney transplants.

The RPAH Neurology Department is one of the largest in the country, offers a broad range of subspeciality clinics (MS, Neuroimmunology, Neuromuscular, Epilepsy, Cognition, Head Injury, Stroke, TIA, Motor Neurone Disease, Hearing and Balance, General Neurology, Neurophysiology) and is a principal NSW site for acute stroke management and ECR. The department has 5 Advanced Trainees.

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 utilizing SLHD gym facilities
• Wellbeing, advocacy, mentorship and support opportunities exclusively for medical staff through SLHDs multifaceted workplace program MDOK.