Unaccredited Trainee – Surgery (Plastics/Vascular) - Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital
Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: As per ‘Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award’
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29736
An exciting opportunity to join the surgical team in the Theatres Department at Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital. You will be working with our Specialist Surgical Team who will provide you with the support and guidance as you continue to develop and master your surgical skills. The Unaccredited Trainee position will provide experience in Plastic Surgery and Vascular Surgery and be based at Hornsby hospital over a 12 ‑ month period. These subspecialties operate within the Department of General Surgery at Hornsby Hospital. The role offers broad clinical exposure across both subspecialty disciplines, with opportunities to participate in General Surgery activities, supporting the development of core surgical skills and multidisciplinary team involvement. Our ‘A’ grade rating for JMO Wellbeing is a result of the collaborative; flexible and supportive environment we provide our Junior Medical Officers.
Where you'll be working
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital is a major metropolitan teaching hospital. Patients can access a range of services including coronary care, intensive care, orthopaedics, general medicine, surgical, obstetric, respiratory, rehabilitation, paediatric, maternity and emergency care. The hospital also provides a wide range of outpatient services including allied health, dental and podiatry clinics, child, adolescent and family health, drug and alcohol, health promotion and rehabilitation and aged care. An acute mental health service is co-located at Hornsby Hospital. The new $265 million Stage 2 redevelopment was officially opened in June 2022.
For more information https://www.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/Hornsby/Pages/default.aspx
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of surgical 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.
The Unaccredited Trainee position will provide experience in Plastic Surgery and Vascular Surgery over a 12 ‑ month period. These subspecialties operate within the Department of General Surgery at Hornsby Hospital. The role offers broad clinical exposure across both subspecialty disciplines, with opportunities to participate in General Surgery activities, supporting the development of core surgical skills and multidisciplinary team involvement.
