• Job Description

  Req#: 214155
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  WSLHD – SRMO – Ophthalmology – Westmead Hospital
  Employment Type: Temporary Various
  Remuneration: -
  Hours Per Week: 38
  Requisition ID: CAM19317
  
  SRMO – Ophthalmology – Westmead Hospital
  
  Where you'll be working
  Westmead Hospital is a key facility of one of Australia’s largest major health and medical research precincts and is the principal referral hospital for Western Sydney Local Health District providing district level health services to Parramatta, Holroyd and The Hills Shire LGAs including tertiary and quaternary services to greater western Sydney, greater metropolitan Sydney, rural NSW and other states. Westmead Hospital provides approximately 638 acute overnight, 30 day only and 52 subacute beds. The Westmead Health Precinct currently under development is envisaged to be the biggest hospital building project undertaken in Western Sydney and will transform the iconic but ageing Westmead Hospital into an innovative, contemporary and integrated centre that will continue to deliver high quality healthcare and expand the education, health and research capability of the area
  Westmead Hospital is a leading centre of research, training and specialisations in all fields of medicine and dentistry, providing services in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, kidney and pancreas transplantation, cancer care, obstetrics and gynaecology, neonatal intensive care, trauma, bone marrow transplantation, critical care, aged care and rehabilitation, adult acute psychiatry (networked with the co-located Cumberland Hospital) as well as other highly specialised medical and surgical services.
  The Westmead Hospital Emergency Department (ED) operates 24 hours, 7 days per week and manages all types and levels of illnesses and injuries. As one of six major trauma centres in the state, the ED also cares for people with the most severe physical injuries.
  Westmead Hospital ED presentation numbers are among the highest in the state
  Critical care services within Westmead Hospital are provided by the Intensive care unit and the medical and surgical high dependency units. Other specialist services that provide a high dependency level of care for patients within their clinical specialty wards include the Coronary Care Unit, Renal and Pancreas Transplantation and Haematology
  Over 120 different outpatient clinics for a number of different specialities and services provide ambulatory care to approximately 5,000 attendances per month.
  Westmead Hospital is one of Australia’s largest centres for postgraduate training to specialist levels in all fields with over 100 PhD students and other postgraduate students supervised by Westmead Hospital scientists and clinicians. Westmead is home to internationally recognised institutes of health research, the most prominent being the Westmead Millennium Institute. The Westmead Millennium Institute is one of the largest medical research institutes in Australia, conducting research into a wide range of human disorders affecting both adults and children, including infectious and immune diseases, cancer and leukaemia, liver and metabolic diseases, eye and brain related disorders and heart and respiratory disorders.
  
  What you'll be doing
  
  The examination, diagnosis and management of patients with ophthalmic conditions within the clinical setting. Inpatient care - Management of inpatients in association with consultant medical staff. Daily check of in-patients. Communicate with nursing staff, and orthoptists involved in patient care.
  Outpatient clinics - Attend Preadmission clinic.
  Meetings - Attend clinical/teaching sessions.
  Employee Benefits
  • Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging
  For Further Information
  • Please refer to the Position Description. Your application must include a current resume and responses to the application questions and criteria in the online application form.
  • For role related queries or questions contact Associate Professor Andrew White on andrew.white@sydney.edu.au OR Practice Manager Andrew Bamford 0427669935 andrew.bamford@health.nsw.gov.au
  • WSLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
  SELECTION CRITERIA
  1. MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia.
  2. Completed 2 Post Graduate Years
  3. Able to manage patients with ophthalmology conditions and trauma and attend pre-admission clinics, determine suitability for surgery, arrange appropriate tests and complete prescriptions for patients undergoing surgical procedures.
  4. Must be able to perform a systematic examination of the eye to diagnose injury and other conditions, including retinal examination.
  5. Must be able to interpret ophthalmic imaging modalities including radiographs and CT scans.
  6. Must be able to present an ophthalmic case history in a succinct manner to consultants.
  7. Understand the role of paramedical staff – orthoptists, nurses and social workers in the care and management of the ophthalmic patient.
  8. Develop skills to perform common ophthalmic procedures, including applanation tonometry, slit lamp examination, A and B scans.
  
  
  
  Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
  For role related queries or questions contact Practice Manager Andrew Bamford on andrew.bamford@health.nsw.gov.au
  
  Applications Close: 08 Aug 2023
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  The New South Wales Ministry of Health, branded NSW Health, is a ministerial department of the New South Wales Government.

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