Orthopaedic Registrar

**Description**

**‘Creating exceptional health care together.’**
- POSITION DESCRIPTION**Position Title**:Orthopaedic Registrar - Unaccredited**Employment Type**:Full Time
**Classification**: Registrar 1 - 4
**Salary**: $112,917 - $141,084 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**:The Canberra Hospital, North Canberra Hospital
**Section**:Orthopaedic Surgery
**Closing Date**:8 September 2024**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
- Flexible working conditions
- 11.5% Superannuation
- To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)**About the** role**:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.**To be eligible for this position you must be PGY 4 + by February 2025**
- Currently the Orthopaedic Trauma Service is provided by 10 on-call VMOs who supervise a team of 5 AOA-accredited registrars and 10 non-accredited registrars. During the day these registrars cover the operating room (both elective and non-elective), outpatient clinics (elective and fracture), emergency department reviews, a ‘registrar review clinic’ (urgent ambulatory conditions) and supervise junior medical officers looking after the 50 or so inpatients.**DUTIES**:

- Provide competent and efficient clinical management of patients of Canberra Health Services under the supervision and direction of Consultant Medical Practitioner’s. While clinical management includes acute admissions, in-patient care, outpatient clinics, inter -disciplinary consults, and clinical handover as well as maintaining adequate and legible medical records and ensure that the clinical team completes discharge summaries in a timely manner.
- Maintain a co-operative relationship with the Emergency Department.
- Participate in the supervision, training and professional development of junior medical staff.

Participate in the after-hours and on-call roster.

Demonstrate progress in training in the specialty including participation in the relevant teaching program and activities, timely completion of assessments and involvement in research.
- Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.
- 7. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.**ABOUT YOU**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**
- 1. Strong organisational skills with a high degree of drive;- 2. Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet client needs;- 3. The ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment; and- 4. The ability to effectively communicate with a diverse range of people.**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
**Mandatory**:

- Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); and
- Currency in an Advanced Life Support Course to be attained within three months of commencement with annual refreshers.
- Demonstrate commitment to training and continuing professional development including participation in relevant teaching programs, activities, and feedback opportunities, involvement in research, and teaching of junior medical staff and/or medical students
- To be eligible for this position you must be PGY 4 + prior to the commencement of the role.
- You will need to understand how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.- You will need to fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and other related frameworks.CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

**Desirable**:

- Post graduate surgical and academic qualifications and experience relevant to the position.
- Compliance Certificate from OMU (Occupational Medicine Unit) relating to assessment, screening & vaccination processes.
- Undergo a pre-employment National