To provide effective clinical management of patients, under appropriate supervision by Attending Medical Officers (AMOs), including patient assessment, making treatment decisions, performing procedures and maintaining adequate medical records; and to develop expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment. This includes supervised general medical management of patients admitted to specialist departments.
The Medical Oncology Advanced Trainee will be in an accredited Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) training program within the Medical Oncology Department in a network of hospitals, or an individual hospital. The Advanced Trainee will be assigned to the Medical Oncology Department for the specified term and will undertake specific tasks and responsibilities at that Hospital. The Advanced Trainee will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise junior medical officers (JMOs) and medical students. It is also expected that the Advanced Trainee participates in the clinical meetings and teaching and be subject to training and performance reviews.
There are twelve networks of hospitals, or individual hospitals, as follows. You may be required to work at the different facilities and locations with a network
- Liverpool, Campbelltown, St Vincent’s, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospitals
- Royal North Shore Network (Royal North Shore, The San, North Shore Private, MIA, Armidale base Hospitals)
- Prince of Wales, St George & Sutherland, Wollongong Hospitals
- Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Concord, Dubbo Hospitals
- Westmead, Blacktown Hospitals
- Calvary Mater Newcastle, Tamworth Hospital (6 months)
- Coffs Harbour Base Hospital
- Gosford Hospital
- The Tweed Hospital
- Lismore Base Hospital
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- Nepean, Orange, Macquarie University, Mater North Sydney Hospitals (NeMMO Network)
