Advanced Trainee

**Employment Type**: Temporary Various
**Remuneration**: $110,986.00 - $139,187.00
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM25553
Come for the Lifestyle

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 a high standard of clinical care to patients under supervision, while developing expertise in the practise of General and Acute Care Medicine, in the context of fulfilling the requirement of the RACP for Advanced Training in General and Acute Care Medicine.

The Division of Medicine provides services primarily across the three main hospitals, the Wollongong, Shellharbour and Shoalhaven Hospitals. Wollongong Hospital is the Illawarra and Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital. It is the region’s tertiary referral hospital which means it has the capacity to treat specialist and complex cases.

The rotations at Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District include: Core General Medicine (Acute) Wollongong Hospital, Core Sub-specialty rotations in Respiratory, Neurology, Gastroenterology; General Medicine (Acute) at Shellharbour Hospital, Core General Medicine (Acute) Shoalhaven Hospital. The position may be required to work within other facilities which are in an approved arrangement with your employer, including rural locations. These facilities may include other NSW public and private hospitals, and facilities in other States.

**Benefits of working with ISLHD**

We understand that balancing career aspirations with the demand of the everyday, as well as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, can be a challenge. To help with this, we offer a range of benefits which include:

- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
- Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
- Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
- Discounted health insurance is available through a number of different private health insurance providers. Talk to your provider today for more information
- Career progression and professional development
- ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees._
- ISLHD is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the _Child Safe Standards._ We aim to ensure that _children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse._

**Need more information or help applying?**
- Visit the Stepping Up website here. Stepping Up supports Aboriginal people to navigate the recruitment process and find a career or employment in NSW Health.
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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
- Eligible for Advanced Training in General and Acute Care Medicine, RACP, by successful completion of both written and clinical examinations
- Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team
- Demonstrated competency in clinical skills including effective assessment, care planning, care provision, case management and management of unstable patients
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment using excel