Employment Type: Temporary Full Time from 03/08/2026 to 31/01/2027
Remuneration: $117,745 - $147,664
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM30434
Palliative Medicine, Advanced Trainee, Liverpool Hospital
This position is for 03, August 2026 start until 31, January 2027
What you will be doing:
To provide an opportunity to undertake advanced training in Palliative Medicine within a specialist palliative care service. The Advanced Trainee in Palliative Medicine will provide quality healthcare to patients under supervision, while developing a broad knowledge of the principles and practice of palliative medicine and a satisfactory level of competence in palliative medicine as required for Advanced Training. This position will have supervision from specialist medical staff whilst undertaking learning and professional development as outlined by the Chapter of Palliative Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
HOSPITAL CONSULT TERM (mainly hospital consults)
- Review patients as requested by other medical or surgical units (on the same day as requested or as
close to the same day as possible).
- Review the patient within 24 hours or as close to this as possible with an AMO from the affiliated
palliative care service hours
- Communicate with other units the objectives of care and assist in resolving conflicts between therapeutic
objectives of units
- Hospital Consults rotations may also involve some admitted inpatient work
COMMUNITY TERM (mainly community consults)
- Notify Senior Medical Officer of new referrals on day of assessment
- See all new referrals within 3 working days, and within 24hrs for urgent referrals
- See patients with the AMO as directed
- Liaise promptly with the patients general practitioner after each visit
- Regularly review unstable patients in collaboration with the GP
- See patients in all home settings as directed (residential homes, hostels, nursing homes) - Liaise
regularly with the GPs and Care givers as appropriate to the patient - after carers/allied health/health
providers
- Provide systematic management of the community case load
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
