Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: As per Named NSW (Non-Declared) AHO Medical Officer Agreement 2024
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29652
The COMET GP Registrar provides high quality healthcare to people experiencing or at risk homelessness in the community. The COMET GP Registrar provides evidence-based healthcare, including wholistic assessment, brief intervention, care planning and referral on an outreach basis by the provision of outreach healthcare clinics in local homelessness services or by outreach street patrols. The COMET GP Registrar works closely with the Homeless Health Service multidisciplinary team, local stakeholders and community health services to ensure that clients are able to access mainstream and specialist healthcare, support and accommodation to improve their health and wellbeing outcomes.
St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney (SVHN) forms part of the NSW region of St Vincent’s Health Australia which is the largest diversified health care organisation within Australia’s not for profit and Catholic health care sectors. SVHN comprises some of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious hospitals; these include St Vincent’s Hospital and Sacred Heart Hospice. Along with three co-located research institutes – the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research – we work in close partnership with other research bodies, universities, and health care providers.
St Vincent’s Hospital is a major public hospital and a principal tertiary referral hospital. St Vincent’s specialises in heart/lung transplantation; bone marrow transplantation; cardiology; neurosurgery, cancer; clinical genomics, HIV medicine; palliative care, respiratory medicine; mental health; and drug and alcohol services, aged psychiatry, homeless health and prisoner health. We are a clinical and education leader with a national and international reputation in medical research.
Centrally located in Darlinghurst, it sits on the edge of Sydney’s business district. St Vincent’s follows the philosophy of the Mary Aikenhead Ministries in its service to all regardless of race, nationality or creed. St Vincent’s Health Australia provides compassionate healthcare to people from all walks of life, but reflecting our mission, we are especially committed to people from vulnerable and marginalised backgrounds.
The Hospital has a long-standing reputation for treating the highest acuity and complex patient loads, attracting referrals on a state-wide and national basis. The Hospital is a teaching hospital of the UNSW and University of Notre Dame and has academic associations with the Australian Catholic University, Sydney University and the University of Technology, Sydney.
The primary purpose of this position is to provide medical care and support, as part of a multidisciplinary team that is consistent with the level of clinical competency and experience of the appointed Trainee.
Medical Officers will work under an appropriate level of supervision according to their level of competence to evaluate, diagnose, treat and provide consultation to patients of all ages presenting in any condition.
Community Outreach Medical Emergency Team (COMET) St Vincent’s Hospital provides services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness with complex health needs. We are seeking a doctor with a broad range of medical skills to work in an outreach setting. The successful applicant will be working closely with a community nurse to assess, treat and refer patients in the community via outreach patrols and health clinics held at various drop in centres within the City of Sydney Local Government Area. This position would suit a doctor considering a career in general practice. The position is accredited with RACGP as a GP Extended Skills post.
To provide effective medical services to patients under supervision, while developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment.
