Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (01-Feb-2027 to 06-Feb-2028)
Remuneration: $94,521 - $127,827
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM30030
At Nepean Hospital there is a dedicated team responsible for management of all patients with acute surgical conditions within the hospital itself as well as the neighbouring hospitals with the NBMLHD, known as the Acute Surgical Unit. ASU is an independent unit that manages all acute surgical admissions including trauma and is led by an on-site ASU Consultant during daylight hours and on-call overnight, responsible for management of all patients with acute surgical conditions. Nepean Hospital is one of the two Alma Mater Hospitals of the RACS Western Sydney Network with SET Trainees rotations to other hospitals within NSW.
See the Inaugural Nepean Surgical Skills Education Evening which covered laparoscopic and open surgical techniques and highlighted the importance of simulation-based education in surgical training.
What you'll be doing
- Taking a leadership role in coordinating the admission, management and discharge planning of patients seen in the Unit, and ensuring that the admission and plans are documented in the medical record.
- Coordinating and documenting the admission, management and discharge planning of patients seen in or admitted to his/her Unit within the public health organisation.
- Day-to-day assessment and management of the patients in the Unit under supervision of the consultant in charge/fellow.
- Communicating and coordinating care with their team, arranging consultation with other staff when appropriate, arranging discharge and liaising with local medical officers and other community based care modalities.
- Participating in the after-hours roster. Be available for after-hours CERS response for surgical patients at Nepean Hospital.
Where you'll be working
- Senior Resident Medical Officers in General Surgery will work in the Acute Surgical Unit, and/or attached to an elective General Surgery Unit at Nepean Hospital, and 1 term in ICU at Nepean Hospital.
- All terms will be three months and each trainee will rotate. A minimum of 26 weeks of general surgery will be allocated plus one ICU term.
- Nepean Hospital has its own night surgical trainees. These trainees are on-ground, working 1900-0700 shifts 7 days on - 7 days off.
- The Senior Resident Medical Officer will work parallel to the ASU Unaccredited Trainees +/- RACS ASU SET trainee. Both will be working within the ASU will be rostered at some time for both in-hours shifts and after-hours shifts rotating as the night surgical trainee.
For more detail about this role including training, education and research opportunities and employee benefits please download the General Surgery SRMO Information Sheet.
