Advanced Trainee

**Employment Type**: Temporary Various till 2nd Feb 2025
**Remuneration**: $89,095.00 - $120,489.00
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM23380
An exciting opportunity exists to join the Respiratory **Department** at Wollongong Hospital.

**Where you'll be working**

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 effective medical services to patients under supervision, while developing expertise in the practice of Respiratory and/or Sleep Medicine, in a complex clinical environment.

**ESSENTIAL CRITERIA**
- 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
- Aged Care Check (if applicable) Orientation

**You must undertake core mandatory orientation to**:

- Gain an understanding of the organisational values, goals and ethics.
- Gain further knowledge and develop skills to work in a manner which promotes their own health, safety and security at work, including information relating to infection control and needle stick injury.
- Gain an understanding of child protection legislation policies and responsibilities associated with notifying and reporting issues about child protection.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

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.

**Selection Criteria**
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
- At least four postgraduate years and successful completion of the RACP Divisional Clinical Exam; OR b) At least four postgraduate years and eligible to sit the RACP Divisional Clinical Exam in 2020, but were unable to due to COVID-19.
- Excellent theoretical knowledge and clinical judgement
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team - diligence, punctuality, organization, record keeping, time management, problem solving skills, team work
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) with patients, their families, medical and non-medical colleagues; Demonstrates ability to provide empathetic and expert clinical care
- Demonstrated Commitment to ongoing Advanced Training education, research and teaching
- Commitment to continuous quality improvement

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**Applications Close: 27th September 24