Senior Resident Medical Officer

Sydney Local Health District is seeking highly motivated SRMOs to kick start their surgical career with the Surgery Teams at Concord Repatriation General Hospital

 What you will be doing:

This position is open to qualified candidates who have experience and a keen interest in various surgical specialties, such as general surgery, burns and plastics surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, paediatric surgery and neurosurgery. You will be involved in the care and management of surgical inpatients as well as attend outpatient clinics both at a tertiary metropolitan hospital and in a remote regional centre.  This is a great opportunity for you to gain procedural competence in many aspects of these surgical sub specialties. 

The SRMO position is a dedicated 12-month role where you will complete 3 month terms within each Unit.  The aim is to provide valuable clinical experience with operative exposures in various subspecialties to gain skills in both technical and professional domains.

You will work in a well supervised and supportive environment under the guidance of Consultants, Post Graduate Fellows and SET Trainees. 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 according to your surgery experience.

This role has a well-established track record and is an ideal stepping stone to work towards acceptance into a recognised SET training program.

The Department of General Surgery at Concord Repatriation General Hospital

There are three subspecialties within the general surgical department at Concord Repatriation General Hospital: breast and endocrine, colorectal and UGI/HPB surgery.

Breast and Endocrine Surgery at Concord Repatriation General Hospital provides an excellent opportunity to further explore general surgery, whilst additionally being involved in specialised Breast and Endocrine surgery. The breast/endocrine team participates in regular general surgery on-call. There are opportunities to attend elective lists on most days of the week with regular consultant lead teaching sessions, MDTs and clinics.

Concord Repatriation General Hospital is a nationally and internationally acknowledged centre of excellence in Colorectal Surgery. As the SRMO on the unit, you will be working as a part of the multidisciplinary team to provide 24-hour colorectal consultation service for inpatients and participates in the provision of acute colorectal and general surgical care. The department also provides tertiary level care to patients from outside the area, including outer metropolitan Sydney, rural NSW and other states and territories.

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery at Concord Repatriation General Hospital includes Oesophago-gastric, Hepatic, Pancreatic & Biliary, and metabolic & weight loss surgery. The UGI surgical unit at Concord Hospital consists of consultants and fellows who are supported by a multidisciplinary team of other senior doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, social workers, acute pain service, pharmacists, occupational therapists and psychologists. Concord Repatriation General Hospital UGI unit sees over twelve hundred patients per year. 

The Department of Burns and Plastics Surgery at Concord Repatriation General Hospital

The Burns/Plastics unit at Concord is a busy unit with opportunities for SSNs to be involved in clinics, theatres and ward duties for patients. There is ample opportunity for exposure to specialist Burns care which is unique to this unit. You may be expected to see consults and discuss them with the senior surgical trainee or consultant.

The Departments of Cardiothoracics, Head and Neck and ENT Surgery at Concord Repatriation General Hospital

The CTS/H&N/ENT SRMO role combines three interesting specialties with access to theatre and/or clinic for each as well as the opportunity to work closely with the consultants. When you are not involved in tasks for CTS or H&N, you will be attached to the ENT Team.

The Department of Neurosurgery at Concord Repatriation General Hospital 

As a member of the Neurosurgery team, you will be involved with ward rounds, overnight on-calls, clinic and theatre duties as well as having the opportunity to see and assess neurosurgical patients.

Nights and Relief at Concord Repatriation General Hospital

 The nights term at CRGH consists of a week on, week off style roster system. You will be responsible for undertaking patient assessments, formulate management plans for patients presenting for care, and initiate changes to the management plan within limitations set out by agreement with the Fellow and AMO. You will assist with and undertake supervised emergency surgical procedures in theatres, commensurate with competence and as approved by supervisors.

Concord Relief is great term for SRMOs to have exposure to several different terms when relieving other SRMOs or SET trainees.

The Department of General Surgery at Alice Springs Hospital

 Alice Springs Hospital is a remote regional centre in the middle of the Northern Territory where you will have the opportunity to be exposed to unique clinical opportunities. As an SRMO, you will attend elective theatre lists, minor ops list, emergency list and clinics. You will also get to work more independently and participate in on-call roster with fellow SET registrars.

The Department of General Surgery at Children's Hospital Westmead

 The Surgical SRMO at Children's Hospital Westmead will be awarded with an unique opportunity to be exposed to paediatric surgery. You will work closely with consultants and other health professionals to learn to manage both acute and elective paediatric pathology. The skills learnt in dealing with paediatric population and their carer is an invaluable experience and foundation to any surgical specialty.

Where you will be working:

Surgical SRMOs will rotate through four 3 months terms in which they will work with General Surgical and Sub-specialty Surgical teams within Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Westmead Children’s Hospital and Alice Springs Hospital. The position also includes a network relief term in which cover is provided for SET trainees at other hospitals within the Central Network, including Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Auburn, Blacktown, Orange and Dubbo Base Hospitals. The provision of clinical services includes terms in general surgery, cardiothoracics, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and burns and paediatric surgery. The terms in General Surgery include Upper GI/HPB, colorectal and breast/endocrine as well as broad general surgery.

What we can offer you:
•    Supportive, collegiate and diverse work environment with the opportunity to work closely with surgical mentors

•    Access to supervisor support as well as focused support

•    The opportunity to advance your surgical practice through innovation, research and discovery.  Research and Education focus groups will be supported by the Concord Institute of Academic Surgery
•    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 SLHD's 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.
                            
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