South Western Sydney Local Health District

Reference number

CAM29778

Occupation

Anaesthesia

Work type

Various

Location

Sydney - West

Salary Information

$117745 - $147664

Closing date

04 August 2026 at 11:59pm

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: $117, 745.00 - $147, 664.00
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29778

About The Opportunity

Campbelltown Hospital is recruiting for an Anaesthetics Trainee. Life at South Western Sydney Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse and is always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care & Healthier Communities.

Where You'll Be Working

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working setting that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background and people with a disability to apply.

What you'll be doing

An exciting opportunity and excellent experience exists for a medical officer to work with the Macarthur Anaesthetics Department in a College approved post. Posts offer a comprehensive range of elective and emergency surgery, obstetrics and endoscopy procedures. Positions are appropriately supported and supervised by VMOs.

The primary purpose of a Trainee in Anaesthesia is to provide anaesthesia care in a complex clinical environment. This will be done under supervision appropriate to the level of training of the applicant and in line with recommendations of the training program of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)



or as part of the CICM or ACEM training programme or Diploma of Rural Generalist Anaesthesia, where this is applicable.

Trainees are expected to extend their knowledge and skills in managing anaesthesia across multiple subspeciality areas of anaesthesia in order to meet the professional standards set by ANZCA. They are required to deliver anaesthesia, perioperative care and pain management services inside and outside the operating rooms and to perform other duties during rotations to other areas as directed. Trainees will participate as a multidisciplinary team member across key areas of anaesthetics including:

- anaesthesia and sedation (including obstetric anaesthesia where relevant)
- regional anaesthesia
- airway management
- pain medicine
- perioperative medicine
- resuscitation
- trauma and crisis management

- Demonstrated ability to apply excellent clinical skills, knowledge & judgement
- Demonstrated insight and reflective learning
- Previous experience in the critical disciplines of intensive care, anaesthesia or emergency medicine, with at least 6 months of post graduate anaesthetic experience .
- Advanced airway skills from anaesthesia experience and training/competency in advanced life support.
- Demonstrated teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated communication skills, both written & oral, with patients, families, colleagues, and the public
- Demonstrated interest in and commitment to the ongoing improvement of patient care
- Demonstrated personal integrity, professionalism, ethical practice & humility

Need more information?

about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact JOSEPHINE TAN on [email protected]

Applications Close: 04, August 2026

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