Provisional Fellow

**Employment Type**: Temporary Various - Commencing 3rd February 2025
**Remuneration**: $89,095.00 to $139,187.00
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM23502

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Anaesthetics Department at Wollongong Hospital.

**Where you'll be working**
Wollongong Hospital is the Illawarra and Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital and has a bed base of more than 500. The campus, which incorporates the Illawarra Regional Cancer Care Centre, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services.
Wollongong is located an hour’s drive south of Sydney on a narrow coastal strip bordered by the Royal National Park to the north, Lake Illawarra to the south, the Tasman Sea to the east and the Illawarra Escarpment to the west. Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working in Wollongong.

**What you'll be doing**

To provide Anaesthetic Services to patients of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Hospital District (ISLHD), while consolidating experience and expertise in Anaesthetic practice in a complex clinical environment; under the supervision of Anaesthetic Specialists as appointed by ISLHD and demonstrating growing independence as the year progresses. A range of clinical interests can be accommodated and are encouraged.

The Wollongong Hospital is a large tertiary centre with a complex, high volume surgical population and a large variety of surgical specialities. Specifically, the hospital runs up to 15 operating theatres daily, with surgeries including advanced ENT, Airway, Head and Neck, Neuro, Major Upper GI, Colorectal, Urology, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Plastics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

The department offers three general and two specialised (Regional Anaesthesia and Simulation/Education) provisional fellowship programs. Provisional fellows are also provided high level teaching and experience in the management of difficult airways, paediatrics, complex emergency surgery and major haemorrhage (with ROTEM). There are also multiple additional opportunities to take up administrative, quality assurance, sustainability, and teaching roles to further develop the Provisional Fellow breadth of skills as required by ANZCA.
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

**Please note**: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

**Selection Criteria**
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
- At least six (6) years post graduate experience
- Demonstrated commitment to relevant Advanced Training Program
- Completed ATY2 and successfully completed the Part 2 FANCA examination; or ATY2 Extended with plans to sit Part 2 FANZCA within this Clinical Year; or Postgraduate experience as assessed by ANZCA as being suitable for a Provisional Fellowship Year, ATY3 or similar position
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgement and expertise
- Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem solving skills as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Moderate computer skills

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**Applications Close: 10th October 2024