Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM28491
The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of orthopaedic patients, under appropriate supervision, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment. The unaccredited trainee is the key person who works closely with all members of a multi-disciplinary team and deals with matters of an urgent or sensitive nature, whilst exercising discretion, sensitivity and maintaining confidentiality.
Living in our region
Hunter New England is a large, diverse area and is about the size of England. This beautiful area has appealed to many an urban professional seeking a more relaxed lifestyle and to indulge a passion for the great outdoors, while still maintaining a fulfilling career.
HNE Health also offers a wonderful family environment with excellent public and private schools, first-class universities and the only regional medical research institute in Australia. Health professionals across HNE Health are involved in extensive clinical and laboratory research programs, many of them in conjunction with the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI).
Hunter New England Local Health District’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce has grown from 190 staff in 2008 to 730 staff in 2018.
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Where you'll be working
John Hunter Hospital (JHH), located on the traditional Country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, is one of the most utilised healthcare campuses in NSW and has one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the state. The NSW Government is investing $835 million to redevelop the John Hunter and John Hunter Children’s Hospitals.
The redevelopment of the John Hunter and John Hunter Children’s Hospitals will deliver a significant expansion providing additional capacity and purpose-built infrastructure, to enable the implementation of contemporary models of care.
The project will:
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Deliver enhanced and expanded facilities with a new 7-storey acute services building.
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Deliver a new Emergency Department to meet a projected future demand of over 95,000 presentations each year.
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Double the capacity of the Intensive Care Unit and provide capacity for future expansion.
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Provide 22 operating theatres and 9 interventional suites to respond to significantly increasing demand.
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Deliver five procedure rooms for endoscopy and minor procedures.
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Provide purpose-built flexible education space co-located within clinical services.
Our Orthopaedic Department offers a comprehensive Education and Training Program, aimed at providing all Unaccredited Trainees and SRMOs with the skills and knowledge required to apply to the Orthopaedic Training Program.
Other regional hospitals part of the HNELHD Network that the Unaccredited Trainee may go on rotation to include: Belmont, Maitland and Tamworth Hospitals. Other peripheral sites on rotation include Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour.
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of orthopaedic patients, under appropriate supervision, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment. The unaccredited trainee is the key person who works closely with all members of a multi-disciplinary team and deals with matters of an urgent or sensitive nature, whilst exercising discretion, sensitivity and maintaining confidentiality.
Decision making and supervision will be at the appropriate level according to the unaccredited trainee’s skills, knowledge and experience. They will be expected to adopt a progressively more independent approach to patient management according to their experience, under the guidance of and at the discretion of the appropriate Attending Medical Officer (AMO). All patients managed within the hospitals of the health service are under the direct care of a specialist medical practitioner. All decisions regarding a patient’s care are to be clearly communicated with the specialist responsible for that care.
