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Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award:19
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Applications Close: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
An exciting opportunity to join the team as an Advanced Trainee in Palliative Care at Royal North Shore Hospital. Rewarding career opportunities are available at NSLHD and offer a flexible career with a diverse and interesting case mix where medical staff are involved in all aspects of a patient's care.
Where you'll be working
Royal North Shore Hospital
Royal North Shore Hospital is a principal tertiary referral hospital for Northern Sydney Local Health District providing a comprehensive range of complex services to patients from across NSW. It has a strong and proud history in education, research and provision of high quality clinical care. Royal North Shore Hospital provides specialty services including major trauma, severe burns, spinal cord injuries, neonatal intensive care, bone marrow transplantation, neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology alongside acute medical, surgical, mental health, paediatric, cancer and maternity services.
The campus is also home to The Kolling - a medical research institute jointly governed with the University of Sydney
For more information https://www.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/RNSH/Pages/default.aspx
What you'll be doing
To participate in the day-today running of palliative care services based at Royal North Hospital.
The advanced Trainee is responsible for the timely review of patients referred to consult services and ensuring that in discussion with the AMO, a palliative care plan is documented and communicated to the rest of the palliative care team as well as the referring team.
The role is imperative to support more junior medical officers rotating to palliative care and making referrals to palliative care.
The role also provides support and medical direction to other members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
- RACP advanced trainees (Palliative Medicine and other subspecialties), Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine trainees, Clin. Diploma of Palliative Medicine (RACP) trainees, Faculty of Pain Medicine trainees and Family Medicine Program trainees or as detailed under Qualifications above
- Completed at least four years residency since graduation
- Proven satisfactory clinical performance, supported by submissions of two current referees
- Demonstrated sound, effective communication skills with patients, medical and surgical colleagues and other staff
- Demonstrated commitment to own personal and professional development
- A professional attitude and flexibility in work role with a preparedness and ability to participate in after- hours overtime and on-call rosters and the required rotations both between services and geographical location to deliver patient care (including rural locations if applicable to the stream)