Resident Medical Officer

**Employment Type**: Temporary up to **02 Feb 2025**
**Remuneration**:
- **Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM23422

**_Please note this role commences on the 09/09/24 and ends on the 02/02/25_**
**RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER, GENERAL ROTATIONS WESTMEAD**

Where it is identified that a prevocational doctor has a two year prevocational contract and has accepted a 2024 PGY 2 position at another facility,

the relevant JMO Units will be notified and they will contact the doctor to clarify which position they will be working in for 2024.

**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 innovative, 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, 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.
Intensive care service in Westmead hospital includes 36 general, and 10 post cardiothoracic surgical ICU beds. General ICU bed numbers have expanded by 50% in early 2020. Cardiothoracic ICU has also recently moved into a newly built ICU pod. Common ICU admissions include complex medical cases such as sepsis, severe respiratory or cardiac failure, complicated bone marrow transplant, and surgical cases including trauma, neurosurgery, vascular, cardiothoracic, ENT, plastic surgery, urology, upper GI, hepatobiliary, and colorectal procedures.

**What you'll be doing**

Deliver medical care within the context of being the junior member of a multi-disciplinary team. This position is rotational, with 5 different terms a year. The resident medical officer (RMO) will provide medical care consistent with their level of experience and skills. The RMO will be under the supervision of an unaccredited, basic or advanced trainee and/or fellow and consultant senior medical officer for all terms and at al times. The RMO will be trained in accordance with the National Australian Curriculum Framework.

**Employee Benefits**
- Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging

**For Further Information**
- WSLHD 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.

RMO’s are encouraged to participate in the Prevocational Clinical Training Committee. They have a close relationship with the NSW HETI. RMOs will be expected to participate in departmental meetings and teaching sessions when on rotation.

**Performance Monitoring**

The RMO is responsible for: Participating in continuing medical education and professional development; Participating in ongoing review of their clinical practice as per conditional
registration guidelines if required; Participating in continuing medical education and professional development as required by the supervision arrangements stipulated by the Medical Board of
Australia and, Maintaining his/her professional competence. Each term the nominated term Supervisor is responsible for providing reports and feedback on the doctor’s progress. This occurs mid-term and at the end of term in accordance with HETI guidelines. For international medical graduates an annual (or more frequently if required) supervision report will be completed by the Director of Prevocational Education and Training for the Medical Board of Australia.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia
- Must have 12 months experience working as a medical officer (not observer) in an Australian Public Hospital
- A professional attitude and flexibility in work role with a preparedness and ability to participate in after-hours overtime and on-call rosters
- Prepared to rotate in other hospitals within the Network
- Demonstrated excellent