Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM28772
The Northern Anaesthesia Rotational Scheme is highly motivated and committed to teaching and training, running in-house exam preparation courses as well as weekly clinical teaching sessions and practical workshops.
Where you'll be working
John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle is accredited for 3 years of training (like all other major teaching hospitals in NSW). Trainees spend AT LEAST one year during the four years away at any combination of the following hospitals:
- Maitland Hospital
- Gosford Hospital
- Tamworth Hospital
- Lismore Hospital
There are also terms in:
Whilst at John Hunter Hospital you may also spend time at:
- Belmont Hospital
- Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of a Trainee in Anaesthesia is to provide anaesthesia care in a complex clinical environment.
This will be done under supervision, appropriate to the level of training of the applicant, and in line with recommendations of the training program of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) or as part of the CICM or ACEM training programme or Diploma of Rural Generalist Anaesthesia, where this is applicable.
Trainees are expected to extend their knowledge and skills in managing anaesthesia across multiple subspeciality areas of anaesthesia in order to meet the professional standards set by ANZCA. They are required to deliver anaesthesia, perioperative care and pain management services inside and outside the operating rooms and to perform other duties during rotations to other areas as directed. Trainees will participate as a multidisciplinary team member across key areas of anaesthetics including:
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anaesthesia and sedation (including obstetric anaesthesia where relevant)
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regional anaesthesia
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airway management
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pain medicine
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perioperative medicine
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resuscitation
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trauma and crisis management
