Trainee - Unaccredited Position

Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration:  89,095.00 - 139,187.00
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM26316


Where you'll be working
Westmead Hospital has a busy Neurosurgical unit with two RACS accredited training positions and 6 specialists. The unit deals with a very large work load of trauma, vascular, skull base, spinal and general neurosurgery. This has expanded to include a rotation to the Westmead Private and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

The successful applicant will assist in relevant surgical procedures and learn to undertake basic emergency operations, participate in ward rounds, meetings and general inpatient care. They will participate in the on call roster at Westmead Hospital, and may rotate for a period to Westmead Private Hospital and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Westmead Hospital is a key facility of one of Australia’s largest major health and medical research precincts and is the principal referral hospital for Western Sydney Local Health District providing district level health services to Parramatta, Holroyd and The Hills Shire LGAs including tertiary and quaternary services to greater Western Sydney, greater metropolitan Sydney, rural NSW and other states. The Westmead Health Precinct currently under development is envisaged to be the largest hospital building project undertaken in Western Sydney and will transform the iconic but ageing Westmead Hospital into an innovative, contemporary, and integrated centre that will continue to deliver high quality healthcare and expand the education, health, and research capability of the area.

Westmead Hospital is a leading centre of research, training and specialisation in all fields of Medicine and Dentistry, providing services in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Kidney and Pancreas transplantation, Cancer Care, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Neonatal Intensive Care, Trauma, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Critical Care, Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Adult Acute Psychiatry (networked with the co-located Cumberland Hospital) as well as other specialised medical and surgical services.

Westmead Hospital is also the principal referral centre for other metropolitan hospitals within the district including Auburn Hospital, Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital.

Intensive care service in Westmead hospital includes 36 general, and 10 post cardiothoracic surgical ICU beds. General ICU bed numbers have expanded by 50% in early 2020. Cardiothoracic ICU has also recently moved into a newly built ICU pod. Common ICU admissions include complex medical cases such as sepsis, severe respiratory or cardiac failure, complicated bone marrow transplant, and surgical cases including trauma, neurosurgery, vascular, cardiothoracic, ENT, plastic surgery, urology, upper GI, hepatobiliary, and colorectal procedures.

What you'll be doing