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**Employment Type**: Temporary Various
**Remuneration**:
- **Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM23661

**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**

**WSLHD - Provisional Fellow - Trauma Surgery**

**The Provisional Fellow will be responsible for overseeing the care of trauma patients admitted to the Trauma Unit. He/ She will be expected to function at the level of a junior consultant. Clinical trauma nursing staff support includes Trauma Clinical Nurse Consultants and Trauma Registered Nurses. The Provisional Fellow will be expected to provide leadership at all Major Trauma calls during business hours, and when on-call. He/ She is also expected to be available to assist in major trauma cases if required at other times. He/she is expected to supervise and teach the junior members of the Trauma Unit. The Provisional Fellow will be supervised by the Trauma Consultant of the week. These positions are accredited by the Australia New Zealand Association for the Surgery of Trauma for post-fellowship training in trauma.**:

- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
- Possess/ Awaiting Fellowship of the RACS or equivalent
- Sound clinical knowledge in Trauma and General Surgery
- Demonstrated successful clinical practice in an setting appropriate to the requirements of the position
- High level interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience and involvement in quality assurance activities and evidence-based best practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching and supervision

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**Applications Close**:17, October 2024

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📌 Provisional Fellow (Westmead)
🏢 Western Sydney Local Health District
📍 Westmead