Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee

**Description**

**‘Creating exceptional health care together.’**
- POSITION DESCRIPTION**Position Title**:Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee**Employment Type**:Full Time
**Classification**: Registrar 1 - 4
**Salary**: $112,917 - $141,084 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**:The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT
**Section**:Geriatric Medicine
**Closing Date: 17 November 2024**

**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions
- 11.5% Superannuation
- To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)**About the Role**

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary, and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.**To be eligible for this position you must be PGY 4 + by February 2025**
- Advanced Trainees in Geriatric medicine have the ability to complete 2 years of core training with rotations in Acute Geriatrics, Sub-acute Geriatrics, Ortho-geriatrics, and community Geriatrics.- A strong presence within the ANU medical school faculty provides trainees with the opportunity to participate in the undergraduate teaching program and ensures an adequate framework exists for research.**Duties**:

- Under limited direction of the Clinical Director, you will:
- Provide competent and efficient clinical management of patients within Canberra Health Services, under the supervision and direction of Consultant Geriatricians. Clinical duties will include assessment and management of acute presentations, in-patient care, diagnosis, and management of patients in outpatient clinics, community care, consultations and clinical handover.- Participate in the supervision, training, and professional development of junior medical staff.- Progress in training in the specialty of Geriatric Medicine, including participation in the relevant teaching program and activities, timely completion of assessments and involvement in research.- Participate in the after-hours and weekend rosters and in Geriatric medicine and as General Medical Registrar.- Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.- Comply with the policies and requirements of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the policies of the Canberra Health Services. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.- Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

**About you**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**
- Excellent communication skills- Flexibility and willingness to learn- Empathy for the elderly person- Personal and professional integrity**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:

- An Australian MBBS medical degree or equivalent
- Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).- Demonstrate commitment to training and continuing professional development including participation in relevant teaching programs, activities, and feedback opportunities, involvement in research, and teaching of junior medical staff and/or medical students.
- The successful applicant will need to be available for occasional weekend and after-hours work.
- Proficient computer literacy skills, as you will be responsible for completing clinical documentation in the DHR and using other CHS IT systems.
- You will need to understand how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.- You will need to fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and other related frameworks.- Obtain a Compliance Certificate from OMU (Occupational Medicine Unit) relating to assessment, screening & vaccination processes against specified infectious diseases.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

**What you require**:

- These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience:
- Proven extensive clinical competence at a level commensurate with postgraduate years within a health environment.
- 2. Demonstrated commitment to continued professional development including formal education and self-directed learning.- 3. Demonstrated commitment to working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary clinical team.- 4.