• Job Description

  Req#: 258378
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Employment Type: Temporary Various
  Remuneration: -
  Hours Per Week: 38
  Requisition ID: CAM22535
  
  
  Position Tagline
  
  To provide ICU and Anaesthetics services to patients who present to Canterbury Hospital under supervision to ensure quality health care for the local community, while developing expertise in ICU and Anaesthetics in a complex clinical environment.
  
  Where you'll be working
  
  Canterbury Hospital is a 215-bed metropolitan acute general hospital, providing services in Emergency Medicine, General Surgery and Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care. Canterbury Hospital caters for a local population of 220,000 people. The Canterbury area is home to a culturally and linguistically diverse community. Just under half (48%) of Canterbury residents were born overseas and just under half (47%) reported Chinese, Lebanese or Greek ancestry. Many residents of the Canterbury community have arrived in Australia relatively recently. Just fewer than 67% of Canterbury residents do not speak English at home which is almost three times higher than the NSW average (22%). The predominant languages spoken are Arabic, Greek, Mandarin, Bengali, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Urdu, Italian, Indonesian, Korean and Nepali. On average, around one third (33%) of Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese and Vietnamese speakers do not speak English well or at all. The majority of humanitarian arrivals that have settled in Sydney Local Health District, have done so in the Canterbury area. Most arrived from Afghanistan, although a significant number of Burmese and Rohingyan refugees have also settled in the area. Humanitarian arrivals often have complex health problems related to either their prior limited access to healthcare and/or their individual experiences of persecution or trauma. Aboriginal people make up 1.1% of the district’s population, compared with 2.9% of the state’s population.
  Population projections indicate a 39% increase in population between 2016 and 2031
  
  
  What you'll be doing
  
  Canterbury Hospital is offering a position as Unaccredited Trainee in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia for a period of twelve (12) months, including four (4) months of supervised Anaesthetics training. The remaining eight (8) months will provide experience and training in Intensive Care Medicine and Cardiology, supervised primarily by Critical Care specialists, with Cardiologist specialist supervision for Cardiology patients, in the combined Level 4 Intensive Unit (ICU)/Coronary Care Unit (CCU). The trainee will primarily be responsible for providing, under supervision, day-to-day management of patients who are admitted to the Level 4 ICU/CCU supported by a Senior Resident Medical Officer (SRMO).
  
  Canterbury Hospital ICU/CCU is a twelve (12)-bed centrally monitored designated Level 4 ICU. The Unit provides for haemodynamic support and intensive monitoring as well as non-invasive ventilation but does not provide prolonged invasive ventilation or dialysis/renal replacement therapy. Approximately 1500 patients are admitted annually to the Unit. Patients who deteriorate and require escalation of care are transferred in a well-established network arrangement, primarily to the supporting Level 6 ICU at Concord Hospital. It is an open ICU where inpatient consultants remain primarily responsible for management decisions for patients admitted under their care. The Unit has dedicated ICU nurses in a 1: 3 ratio with a dedicated Nurse Unit Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator and Clinical Nurse Consultant, also coordinating and managing the Rapid Response (Medical Emergency Team (MET)) system for the Facility. The case mix in the Unit is approximately 60% Coronary Care: including heart failure, NSTEMIs and arrhythmias/syncope for investigation/management, and approximately 40% Intensive Care: common conditions include post-operative surgical care and monitoring, sepsis requiring haemodynamic support, diabetic ketoacidosis, and respiratory failure requiring non-invasive ventilatory support.
  
  This position requires flexibility for a rotating roster which will include twelve (12) hour day or night shifts to provide cover seven (7) days per week in ICU, with a maximum of seven (7) shifts per fortnight in ICU, and on-call for sick relief pro rata. The ICU trainee will also act as Medical Officer in Charge (MOIC) for the hospital between 2300 and 0800, attending ward emergency calls overnight and supporting a junior medical officer. Rostering will be in accordance with NSW Ministry of Health JMO Safe Working Hours.
  
  
  Sydney Local Health District's vision incorporates NSW Health Core Values and a commitment to equity, health improvement, timeliness and efficiency, recognising that evidence-based service delivery requires highly skilled and valued staff supported by research, education and state-of-the-art technologies.
  Our strategic priority under this vision is our commitment to excellence in Patient and Family Centred Care. Staff are supported to ensure patients, their families and carers are considered as partners in care to achieve optimal patient outcomes and best possible healthcare experience.
  
  
  1. MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
  2. Demonstrated ability to work with appropriate independence, commensurate with a level of experience of a PGY4(+) doctor with at least three years' post graduate experience in public hospital service (or equivalent) and at least three (3) months experience in Intensive care, Anaesthesia and/or Cardiology
  3. Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaborate effectively as part of a multi- disciplinary team in the planning, delivery and coordination of patient care.
  4. Demonstrated high-level written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, family members and all members of the health care team.
  5. Demonstrated organisational skills, time management and ability to manage competing priorities in a supervised complex care environment.
  6. Previous experience with advanced Anaesthetic skills, including airway skills and competency in Advanced Life Support (ALS).
  7. Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
  8. Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, self-education and research as well as a demonstrated interest and willingness to teach junior medical staff.
  
  
  
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  For role related queries or questions contact Ritesh Firke on Ritesh.Firke@health.nsw.gov.au
  
  Applications Close: 06.08.2024
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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

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