NSW Government

Provisional Fellow

🔍 St Leonards, Royal North Shore Hospital | Sydney

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Intensive Care Medicine
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Northern Sydney Local Health District
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CAM24866 Requisition #

Provisional Fellow – ICU Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital 

Employment Type: Various - Temporary Full Time, Temporary Part Time or Temporary Job Share
Remuneration:  As per Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM24866


An exciting opportunity to join the team in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Department at Royal North Shore Hospital. Rewarding career opportunities are available at NSLHD and offer a flexible career with a diverse and interesting case mix where medical staff are involved in all aspects of a patient's care.


Where you'll be working - Royal North Shore Hospital

Royal North Shore Hospital is a principal tertiary referral hospital for Northern Sydney Local Health District providing a comprehensive range of complex services to patients from across NSW. It has a strong and proud history in education, research and provision of high quality clinical care. Royal North Shore Hospital provides specialty services including major trauma, severe burns, spinal cord injuries, neonatal intensive care, bone marrow transplantation, neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology alongside acute medical, surgical, mental health, paediatric, cancer and maternity services. The campus is also home to The Kolling – a medical research institute jointly governed with the University of Sydney

For more information https://www.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/RNSH/Pages/default.aspx


What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the position is to provide quality intensive care to patients in a complex clinical environment whilst participating in the transitional year of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM)   training program, with the goal of obtaining fellowship of CICM. The Provisional Fellow rotates through the General, Cardiac-surgical and Neurosurgical ICUs during the course of the year to gain exposure and provide care to a variety of critically ill patients. The Provisional Fellow in ICU & Simulation Education is 0.75 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) clinical work in the Intensive Care Unit and 0.25 FTE teaching and learning in the Kolling Simulation Centre.
 
Provisional Fellows work under the supervision of Specialist Intensive Care Physicians to manage patients requiring intensive care, those at risk of clinical deterioration requiring intensive care, plus pre- and post-intensive care evaluation. The position has graded responsibility to allow increasing clinical autonomy, and development of skills in teaching, research and administration. The position allows trainees to build on the skills and attributes acquired in the early years of training and assist the movement of the trainee into specialist practice. 

Merit Selection

 

NSW Health follows a merit-based recruitment and selection process as per Policy Directive PD2023_04 – Recruitment and Selection of Staff to the NSW Health Service.

Candidates will be assessed against the Essential Requirements and Selection Criteria for this position. Please ensure you read the position description prior to submitting an application. Candidates invited to interview will need to bring originals of qualifications or licenses required for the position for sighting by the panel.

  1. Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role
  2. Advanced ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, including the sharing of appropriate information internally and externally with key persons or services
  3. Advanced ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgment and expertise.
  4. Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to vary communication style in line with the understanding of the needs of diverse audiences
  5. Advanced ability to prioritise workloads and display a flexible approach to meet changing situations in a demanding and unpredictable clinical environment
  6. Commitment to participating in training and development opportunities to further develop skills and knowledge in the area of intensive care medicine
  7. Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.

Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases

To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy PD2024_015, this includes any amendments made from time to time.

 

Working with Children Check

This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by Service NSW.  For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Service NSW https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-a-working-with-children-check

Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Dr Sarah Wesley at sarah.wesley@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 05, August 2025

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