Employment Type:TemporaryVarious Remuneration: 117,745.00
- 147,664.00 Hours Per Week:38 Requisition ID:CAM30999

Contract: 01 February 2027 to 06 February 2028

WSLHD
- Provisional Fellow
- Neonatology

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. The Westmead Health Precinct currently under development is envisaged to be the largest hospital building project undertaken in Western Sydney and will transform the iconic but ageing Westmead Hospital into an cutting-edge, 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 specialisation in all fields of Medicine and Dentistry, providing services in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Kidney and Pancreas transplantation, Cancer Care, Obstetrics and Gynaecology including Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 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 specialised medical and surgical services.

Westmead Hospital is also the principal referral centre for other metropolitan hospitals within the district including Auburn Hospital, Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital.





The Westmead Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the largest in NSW with 24 intensive care beds and 20 special care beds. The department admits over 1,500 newborns per year of which approximately 450 require airway support and 150 are born at less than 32 weeks gestation. The NICU has a strong relationship with the Maternal-Fetal Medicine team and the University of Sydney. Westmead Hospital delivers newborns who have complex surgical and cardiac conditions who are transferred to the co-located Children’s Hospital at Westmead for subspecialist treatment after initial stabilisation. Westmead Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit also receives ex-utero neonatal transfers from across NSW and within the district. The department is very active in teaching, clinical practice improvement and research. Westmead NICU offers comprehensive supervised training in clinician performed neonatal ultrasound to interested candidates. The department provides training in neurodevelopmental follow-up to high risk NICU graduates in a multidisciplinary clinic, up to the age of 5 years.

What you'll be doing

- Participate in the supervision of Neonatal Trainees as they provide all aspects of care for infants within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Special Care Nursery and Maternity Ward under the supervision of the Staff Specialists.
- Undertake clinical responsibilities on a rotational basis across NICU, SCN,



Growth and Development Clinic and other outpatient clinics such as short term follow-up of recently discharged patients and antenatal consultations for women with expected high risk delivery.
- Attend ward rounds ensuring at least daily entries in the electronic medical notes are completed. In the NICU, a Staff Specialist and Fellow will usually undertake twice daily ward rounds with medical and nursing staff and a once daily round in the SCN.
- Provide and supervise clinical care including admission, physical examination, performance of clinical procedures, formulation of investigation and management plan, review of progress, and completion and checking of discharge summaries.
- Perform technical procedures including basic and advanced neonatal resuscitation, intravenous cannulation, insertion of peripheral arterial lines, lumbar puncture, suprapubic aspiration of urine, endotracheal intubation, and insertion of chest drains.
- Develop competency in exchange transfusion, insertion of umbilical lines, and insertion of peripherally inserted central catheters.
- Participate in the first on call roster. A Provisional Fellow or Senior Registrar is usually first on call for clinical advice and emergency call back, with a Staff Specialist second on call and available. Rostered shifts are required when first on call for weekends, and rostered evening shifts may be required to meet service needs.
- Attend outpatient consultations in department clinics and complete follow-up report writing under the supervision of a Staff Specialist.
- Participate in the implementation of new practices aimed at improving the quality of care provided within the department, including the deve

📌 Provisional Fellow (Sydney)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Sydney