Trainee - Unaccredited Position
General Surgery, Trainee Unaccredited Position, Nepean Hospital
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (02-Feb-2026 up to 2 years)
Remuneration: $97,993 - $139,187
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM26257
At Nepean Hospital there is a dedicated team responsible for management of all patients with acute surgical conditions within the hospital itself as well as the neighbouring hospitals with the NBMLHD, known as the Acute Surgical Unit. ASU is an independent unit that manages all acute surgical admissions including trauma and is led by an on-site ASU Consultant during daylight hours and on-call overnight, responsible for management of all patients with acute surgical conditions.
Nepean Hospital is one of the two Alma Mater Hospitals of the RACS Western Sydney Network with SET Trainees rotations to other hospitals within NSW. As an Unaccredited Trainee within the Network the JMO may be required to work at the different facilities and locations with the NSW public health system as a reliever for RACS SET trainees within the RACS Western Sydney Surgical Training Network. These Hospitals include: Nepean, Blacktown, Mount Druitt, Westmead, Norwest, Orange, Dubbo, Bathurst, and Hawkesbury.
What you'll be doing
- Taking a leadership role in coordinating the admission, management and discharge planning of patients seen in the Unit, and ensuring that the admission and plans are documented in the medical record.
- Coordinating and documenting the admission, management and discharge planning of patients seen in or admitted to his/her Unit within the public health organisation.
- Day-to-day assessment and management of the patients in the Unit under supervision of the consultant in charge/fellow.
- Communicating and coordinating care with their team, arranging consultation with other staff when appropriate, arranging discharge and liaising with local medical officers and other community based care modalities.
- Participating in the afterhours and relief roster.
Where you'll be working
- Unaccredited Trainees in General Surgery will work in the Acute Surgical Unit, and/or attached to an elective General Surgery Unit at Nepean Hospital, Elective Surgical Unit at Blue Mountains Hospital or Elective or Emergency Surgical Care at Hawkesbury Hospital.
- All terms will be three months and each trainee will rotate. A minimum of 26 weeks of general surgery will be allocated. There will be an opportunity to rotate to an ICU term. There will also be an opportunity to spend a term working with the Thoracic Surgery Unit at Nepean Hospital.
- Nepean Hospital has its own night surgical trainees. These trainees are on-ground, working 1900-0700 shifts 7 days on - 7 days off. Unaccredited Trainees working within the ASU will be rostered at some time for both in-hours shifts and after-hours shifts rotating as the night surgical trainee.
For more detail about this role including training, education and research opportunities and employee benefits please download the General Surgery Trainee Unaccredited Position Information Sheet.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
- At least three years' postgraduate experience in public hospital service (or equivalent).
- Recent relevant clinical experience required to undertake the key accountabilities for this role.
- This position is subject to an appropriate supervision level which can be supported by the health agency. If the incumbent’s registration conditions include supervision requirements, the level of supervision must be able to be supported by the health agency for this role.
- Valid Working with Children Check, cleared National Police Check.
- To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy, this includes any amendments made from time to time.
Selection criteria
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrated clinical practice as a registered medical practitioner in the last 2 years in a setting appropriate to the needs of the position.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgment and expertise.
- Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to vary communication style in line with the understanding of the needs of diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise workloads and display a flexible approach to meet changing situations in a demanding and unpredictable clinical environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development, self-education and commitment to relevant training program.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
Find out more about applying for this position. Please ensure you attach your curriculum vitae to your submission.
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For role related queries or questions contact:
Dr Ewan Macdermid at Ewan.Macdermid@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications close: 05, August 2025
JMO Careers in NBMLHD
To learn more about working for Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District visit our Junior Medical Officer Careers page.
NBMLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
