Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: $117,745 - $147,664 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM28788
Sydney Local Health District is seeking highly motivated Trainees to join the Anaesthetic Team at Concord Hospital
What you will be doing:
This is an accredited training position for qualified candidates who intend to complete Fellowship with the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA).
You will gain experience in anaesthesia, pain management and intensive care medicine. This will include all aspects of perioperative care – pre-admission, pre-anaesthetic consultation, intraoperative management of general and regional anaesthesia, post-operative review and pain management. Candidates for this position will engage in self-directed as well as work-directed learning of relevant principles and material.
Appointees will participate in an out of hours roster as directed by the Department.
This position is of one year duration.
The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management
The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management provides anaesthesia services to an 11 theatre operating suite, with approximately 11,000 cases per year, and provides sedation and anaesthetic support for cardiology, radiology and endozscopy procedures outside the operating theatres. The department is also involved in provision of central line services and participation in MET calls in the general wards.
Over 80% of our elective surgical caseload is assessed and prepared in a dedicated pre-assessment clinic, and over 90% of patients are admitted on the day of surgery via the peri-operative unit - either as day of surgical admissions or as day stay patients. The department runs a pain service and makes over 7000 peri-operative acute pain visits per year as well as a multidisciplinary chronic pain clinic.
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.
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 utilizing 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.
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
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.
