Provisional Fellow

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time
**Remuneration**:

- **Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM27485

**Position Tagline**
To provide Emergency Medicine services to patients who present to Canterbury Hospital under supervision to ensure quality health care for the local community, while developing expertise in Emergency Medicine in a complex clinical environment.

**Where you'll be working**
Canterbury Hospital is a 215-bed metropolitan acute general hospital, providing services in Emergency Medicine, General Surgery and Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care. Canterbury Hospital caters for a local population of 220,000 people. The Canterbury area is home to a culturally and linguistically diverse community. Just under half (48%) of Canterbury residents were born overseas and just under half (47%) reported Chinese, Lebanese or Greek ancestry. Many residents of the Canterbury community have arrived in Australia relatively recently. Just fewer than 67% of Canterbury residents do not speak English at home which is almost three times higher than the NSW average (22%). The predominant languages spoken are Arabic, Greek, Mandarin, Bengali, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Urdu, Italian, Indonesian, Korean and Nepali. On average, around one third (33%) of Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese and Vietnamese speakers do not speak English well or at all. The majority of humanitarian arrivals that have settled in Sydney Local Health District, have done so in the Canterbury area. Most arrived from Afghanistan, although a significant number of Burmese and Rohingyan refugees have also settled in the area. Humanitarian arrivals often have complex health problems related to either their prior limited access to healthcare and/or their individual experiences of persecution or trauma. Aboriginal people make up 1.1% of the district’s population, compared with 2.9% of the state’s population.

Population projections indicate a 39% increase in population between 2016 and 2031

**What you'll be doing**

As Fellow of the Canterbury Hospital Emergency Department (ED), you will provide clinical services to patients within the ED at a senior level, including the supervision of junior staff in addition to administrative and teaching responsibilities and an opportunity to initiate and participate in research.
- Sydney Local Health District's vision incorporates NSW Health Core Values and a commitment to equity, health improvement, timeliness and efficiency, recognising that evidence-based service delivery requires highly skilled and valued staff supported by research, education and state-of-the-art technologies._
- Our strategic priority under this vision is our commitment to excellence in Patient and Family Centre Care. Staff are supported to ensure patients, their families and carers are considered as partners in care to achieve optimal patient outcomes and best possible healthcare experience._
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
- Fellowship of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine or suitable overseas specialist qualification in Emergency Medicine or final year of training towards fellowship.
- Clinical excellence across the entire range of the emergency medicine casemix, including trauma and paediatrics.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- An ability to work as part of a team in the Emergency Department.
- Commitment to quality improvement and research in the Emergency Department.
- Commitment to ongoing education and teaching of nursing staff, medical students and postgraduate medical staff at all levels.
- At least three years' post graduate experience in public hospital service (or equivalent)

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**Applications Close: 20, November 2025