Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration: As per Health Professional and Medical Salaries (State) Award 2023
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM30938

About The Opportunity
Bankstown Hospital is recruiting for a Provisional Fellow in General Surgery. 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 environment 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

The role will predominantly be to participate with the GSET Trainees in assessment of emergency patients and consults, assisting in the operating theatres as well as the routine functioning of the units within the Department of General Surgery. The post-holder will be encouraged to participate alongside the Departments General Surgical Fellows in providing 2nd on-call cover to the trainees at times.



The position holder will be responsible for co-ordinating the comprehensive care of patients within the unit including arranging consultation with other staff when appropriate, arranging discharge and liaising with local medical officers and other community-based care modalities in order to ensure provision of optimal patient care within South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD).

- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.

- Demonstrated experience and training in General Surgery to the level required for eligibility to present of the FRACS final examinations

- Commitment and ability to perform as a Provisional Fellow in General- Surgery with participation in the on-call trainee rosters

- Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem solving skills in the clinical setting

- Demonstration of clinical competence in managing surgical patients, in accordance with the Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors

- Demonstrated ability to work in a complex hospital based clinical setting

- Evidence of continued professional development specific to General surgery and commitment to self- education and teaching undergraduate and postgraduates.

- Experience in teaching

Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Professor Christophe Berney on [email protected]

Applications Close: 29, October 2026

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