Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: $117,745 - $147,664 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM28827
Sydney Local Health District is seeking a highly motivated Unaccredited Neurosurgery Trainee to enhance their surgical career with the Team at Concord Hospital
What you will be doing
This position is open to qualified candidates who have experience and interest in Neurosurgery. You will be involved in the care and management of Neurosurgery inpatients as well as attend Neurosurgery outpatient clinics.
This is a great opportunity for you to gain procedural competence in many aspects of Neurosurgery as well as exposure to a broad range of neurosurgical diseases including neuro-oncology, neuro-trauma, hydrocephalus, peripheral nerve and degenerative and traumatic spinal disease.
There will also be the opportunity to enhance your research skills, undertake peer review and audit projects and deliver research presentations.
This role is an ideal stepping stone to work towards acceptance into a recognised neurosurgical accredited training program.
The Department of Neurosurgery
The Neurosurgery Department comprises 3 consultants who provide a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient Neurosurgical service, treating intracranial, spinal and peripheral nerve disorders. The department has a particular interest in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, brain tumour surgery, pituitary surgery, skull base surgery, treatment of CSF disorders and trigeminal neuralgia. The department also serves as a tertiary referral centre for Canterbury Hospital.
Where you will be working
Concord Repatriation General Hospital is a principal referral facility and a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney. We offer a comprehensive range of specialty and sub-specialty services, many recognised nationally and internationally as Centre’s of excellence. Major services include colorectal and laparoscopic surgery, gastroenterology, geriatrics and rehabilitation medicine, bone and joint services, cancer services, haematology, respiratory medicine and sleep studies, molecular biology and genetics, and those provided through the internationally acknowledged Statewide Burns Service, in which Concord plays a major part. Concord Hospital maintains string links to the veteran community.
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 utilising SLHD gym facilities
- Wellbeing, advocacy, mentorship and support opportunities exclusively for medical staff through SLHDs 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.
Sydney Local Health District's vision incorporates NSW Health Core Values and a commitment to equity, health improvement, timeliness and efficiency, recognising that evidence-based service delivery requires highly skilled and valued staff supported by research, education and state-of-the-art technologies.
Our strategic priority under this vision is our commitment to excellence in Patient and Family Centre Care. Staff are supported to ensure patients, their families and carers are considered as partners in care to achieve optimal patient outcomes and best possible healthcare experience.
