Provisional Fellow - Sydney Western Suburbs, Australia - The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

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Sydney Western Suburbs, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

*This role is a position working across The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network at The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick*_

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (SCHN) is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia.

We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes with one purpose in mind - to help young people live their healthiest lives.

Employment Type:
Temporary

Remuneration:
Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID:
CAM18202

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Provisional Fellow position is available for the 2024 Clinical Year, from 05 February 2024 to 02 February 2025.

This role involves a clinical role within the Cardiac Service of The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (SCHN), working at both The Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW) and Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick (SCH).

This position also involves a leadership and educational role and provides an opportunity to develop skills important for a consultant role in the inpatient and outpatient setting, with the support from the Cardiothoracic Surgery Consultants as needed.

The Fellow will work closely with many of the other clinical teams in inpatient and outpatient care both clinically and strategically.

The education role includes clinical supervision within the Heart Centre and Cardiac Service more broadly as well as the hospital wide education programs on both sites.

Fellows will be required to provide clinical support across SCHN.

The position provides effective service to paediatric patients with increasing autonomy, while developing expertise in surgical practice, in a complex clinical environment.

It assists in ensuring that the service provided to patients and their families in New South Wales and beyond is of the highest quality, sustainable, flexible and transparent.

The role will develop clinical proficiency in the care of children with congenital heart disease and associated complex health problems.

Selection Criteria:

MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
Registered with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons as an Advanced Trainee or overseas equivalent.
Has completed minimum of 3 years of adult cardiac surgical training and a minimum of 6 months experience in paediatric cardiac surgery within the last 1218 months.
Technical skills to allow surgical management of emergency situations with cardiac surgery patients (has performed cannulation & decannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass, sternotomy).
Excellent communication, leadership and teamwork skills with demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with other health professionals.
Ongoing commitment to further education and professional development and demonstrated ability to teach, with a willingness to participate in the teaching of Medical Students, Junior Medical Staff and other clinical staff.
Understanding of research methodology or research experience and a willingness to undertake research proposal.
Demonstrated contribution to the development of hospital services e.g. participation in Paediatric Junior Staff matters, representation on behalf of the hospital and participation in Hospital Committee preferable.

Information and Application:

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine (except for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine which is approved by the TGA as a single dose primary course).

New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

A NSW Health agency may require further information about the medical contraindication (including but not limited to an Immunisation Medical Exemption form - IM011 form).Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate.

Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. This is a Category A position.

Contact Information:

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**Applications Close: Wednesday, 6th December :59pm)