Provisional Fellow

**Employment Type**: Temporary Various
**Remuneration**: $89.895.00 - $139,187.00
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM23781

**An exciting opportunity exists to join the Division of Surgery 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**

Provisional Fellow of Upper GI and General Surgery will work with three Upper GI surgeons to provide tertiary level Upper GI district wide services including pancreatic, hepatic and oesophagogastric resections for cancer.

Responsible for the provision of independent and effective medical care of surgical patients under the supervision of specialist staff, the UGI Provisional Fellow will undertake emergency surgery and inpatient and outpatient surgical consultations including those in the Emergency Department.
- 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.

Successful applicants to the role must provide certified documentation of vaccination history and pathology as part of their recruitment documentation. The applicant must be certified as compliant with Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases (nsw.gov.au) before employment can commence.

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.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
- Minimum five years post graduate experience with previous experience in General Surgery
- Sufficient skills, knowledge and experience to practice as a safe and competent provisional fellow
- Teamwork and leadership skills
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience in teaching both undergraduate & postgraduate students
- Moderate computer skills

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