Remuneration: As per Health Professional and Medical Salaries (State) Award 2023
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM30311
Commencement: remainder of Clinical Year 2026
About The Opportunity
Bankstown Hospital is recruiting for Anaesthetic 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 workplace that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background and people with a disability to apply.
Responsibilities
The primary purpose of a Trainee in Anaesthesia is to provide anaesthesia care in a complex clinical setting. 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
Contract Duration
This PD covers both hospitals offering accredited 'Scheme' (commonly 3-4 years) and 'Independent' (commonly 1-2 years) contracts. Offers of Scheme contracts will be based on the competitive application process, taking into account applicant preferences, with Independent contracts using the same process.
Qualifications & Experience
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category
- Adequate postgraduate hospital medical experience (preferably 3 years or greater), and a level of clinical anaesthesia experience appropriate for the particular training hospital's role
- Demonstrated ability to apply excellent clinical skills, knowledge & judgement
- Demonstrated insight and reflective learning
- 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
Contact & Application
For role related queries or questions contact Dr Amy Taylor on ***********@health.nsw.gov.au.