Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: $117,745 - $147,664
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM30422
This position offers a full range of RACP Palliative Care Advanced Trainee terms across inpatient, community, consultation, and cancer care settings, providing comprehensive exposure to the specialty. Trainees can gain experience within our 8-bed palliative care unit at Wauchope District Hospital, a busy consultation service at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, and our community palliative care service based in Port Macquarie, which is supported by a full multidisciplinary team caring for 80 to 100 patients at any given time.
Beyond the clinical experience, Port Macquarie and the surrounding Hastings region offer an outstanding lifestyle on the NSW Mid North Coast. With pristine beaches, a relaxed coastal pace of life, and a genuine sense of community, the area is well suited to trainees and families seeking work-life balance without sacrificing career development. The region is well serviced by direct flights to Sydney and Brisbane, offers excellent schools, and combines the amenities of a growing regional centre with easy access to national parks, hinterland, and some of the best fishing and outdoor recreation in the state.
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of an Advanced Trainee in the provision of safe, appropriate, patient focused, individualised, outcome directed, coordinated quality care that meets professional standards and is based on best practice standards. To provide effective Specialist Palliative medical services to patients under supervision while developing advanced expertise in Palliative Care medicine
