The Senior Surgical Trainee is expected to contribute to and implement policies and procedures with respect to surgical practice; promulgate clinical governance accountabilities for surgical trainees and junior medical officers undertaking surgical terms; lead initiatives in patient handover and clinical safety with respect to surgical patients; provide education and training particularly to surgical trainees but also assist the Director Prevocational Education and Training in provision of the training program to prevocational trainees; and ensure the appropriate functioning of the short stay surgical unit.
The purpose of this position is to improve the following aspects of patient care and clinical governance:
- a more timely assessment and admission of emergency department patients with acute general surgical conditions
- increase in within hours utilization of the operating rooms for general surgery emergency cases
- more timely discharge of general surgery patients with overall reduction in length of hospital stay
- improve the clinical governance within the general surgery departments by coordination of the morbidity and mortality meetings and CHASM reporting.
- improve the education and training of surgical trainees by establishing and coordinating a structured educational program
- improve the rostering of and management of leave for surgical trainees at St Vincent’s Hospital and seconding hospitals
- improve the management of general surgical inpatients by junior medical staff by attending the clinical handover sessions
- to augment the care of trauma patients across all specialties within the hospital
The successful applicant should be in their final year (SET 5) of advanced training in General Surgery with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) at the time of application and be on track for completion of all training time requirements for the FRACS prior to commencement of the 2023 clinical year . The position would ideally suit a candidate who is looking for an opportunity to gain more experience prior to applying for a consultant surgeon or fellowship position.
The opportunity exists for the successful candidate to attend public and/or private operating lists within their
area of interest in general surgery in order to improve their levels of experience in their chosen subspecialty area.
The position is a 0.8 FTE position. There will also be scheduled overtime as per the on call surgical roster. The
position would be for a period of twelve months and re-advertised on an annual basis.
