Trainee - Unaccredited Position

**Plastic Surgery, Trainee Unaccredited Position, Nepean Hospital**:
**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time (03-Feb-2025 to 01-Feb-2026)
**Remuneration**: $97,993 - $139,187
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM24385

The Plastic Surgery Trainee is accountable for care of surgical patients, as a delegate of the specialist medical officer involved in the management of the patient, as part of a multidisciplinary team. The trainee will have supervision appropriate to their level of experience.

**What you'll be doing**
- Patient assessment and management in consultation with the treating consultant.
- Arrange for appropriate investigations and requests for consultations from other departments where indicated.
- Interact with other health professionals in provision of ongoing clinical care to patients.
- Provide clear verbal and written communication with members of the multidisciplinary team, as well as with patients and their families where appropriate.
- Notifying the consultant in a timely manner of any significant changes in a patient’s condition or investigational results that may affect the management of the patient.
- Ensuring that the management plan from the treating consultant is implemented.
- Participate in after hours, weekend and on-call rosters as appropriately notified.

**Where you'll be working**
- Unaccredited Trainees in Plastic Surgery will work in the Plastic Surgery Unit at Nepean Hospital or at other locations in Blue Mountains Hospital.
- All terms will be 12 months and each Trainee will rotate.
- Nepean Hospital has a busy General Plastic, Maxillo-Facial and Hand Parts to the Unit.
- You will perform on-call duties as required.

For more detail about this role including training, education and research opportunities and employee benefits please download the Plastic Surgery Trainee Unaccredited Position Information Sheet.

**Essential requirements**
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
- Demonstrated clinical practice as a registered medical practitioner in the last 2 years in a setting appropriate to the needs of the position.
- Recent relevant experience in plastic surgery and pre/post-surgical care.
- Valid Working with Children Check, cleared National Police Check.
- To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy, this includes any amendments made from time to time.

**Selection criteria**
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgment and expertise.
- Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to vary communication style in line with the understanding of the needs of diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise workloads and display a flexible approach to meet changing situations in a demanding and unpredictable clinical environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development and self-education.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.

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**Applications Close**: 09, February 2025

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NBMLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.