Medical Oncology Trainee

**Description**

**‘Creating exceptional health care together.’**
- POSITION DESCRIPTION**Position Title**:Medical Oncology Trainee**Employment Type**:Full Time
**Classification**:Registrar 1-4
**Salary**: $112,917 - $141,084 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Duration**:12 months with possibility of extension**Location**:The Canberra Hospital
**Section**:Cancer and Ambulatory Support
**Closing Date: 29 September 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**:
**You must be PGY 4 to commence in this position.**

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.- The Department of Medical Oncology of the Canberra Hospital (TCH) has thirteen staff specialists (with some members on fractional appointments). It works closely with the Departments of Radiation Oncology, Haematology and Palliative Care. Four RACP accredited positions are available for advanced core training from 6 February 2023. Advanced trainees will attend 4-5 outpatient clinics per week and are responsible for ward consultations, weekend inpatient cover and other after-hours on-call responsibilities. They will also support a Cancer Rapid Assessment Unit and the Chemotherapy floor. They will oversee two basic physician training registrars, a JMO and an intern who are responsible for the inpatient care of oncology patients. A broad range of oncology experience will be obtained at both the Canberra Hospital and Calvary Hospital. All advanced trainees are expected to attend a wide range of multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs), including Head & Neck, Breast, GI, Uro-Oncology, Sarcoma, Melanoma, Neuro-oncology, Gynaecology and Lung Cancer groups in Canberra. These teams are each supported by Cancer Specialist Nurses.- The Unit supports an active clinical trials program with a portfolio of cooperative group studies and industry studies as well as academic research collaborations with other departments in TCH, the ANU and University of Canberra. Research interests of the group are in breast cancer, gastrointestinal oncology, renal cell carcinoma, gynaecological oncology, gastrointestinal stromal tumour, neuroendocrine tumours, melanoma, new drug development in targeted therapies, psychosocial oncology, tissue banking/biomarker development and patterns of care.- Trainees will be involved in the teaching of ANU medical students and Basic Physician trainees. There will also be involvement in the academic activities of the Unit, including clinical review meetings, morbidity and mortality meetings, Grand Rounds, research seminars and journal club. A series of tutorials are provided each year for trainees in medical oncology. There will be opportunities for clinical research and projects leading to presentations and publications. Trainees will be encouraged and supported to attend meetings and conferences.**Duties**:

- Under limited direction of the Clinical Director you will:
- 1. Provide competent and efficient clinical management of oncology patients of the Canberra Health Services under the supervision and direction of Consultant Medical Oncologists. Including assessment and management in the outpatient clinics, management of acute presentations, in-patient care of patients on on-call roster on weekends, management of patients on the chemotherapy suite, consultations and clinical handover.- 2. Attendance at outpatient clinics at Calvary Public Hospital. While participate in the supervision, training and professional development of junior medical staff.- 3. Demonstrate progress in training in the specialty including participation in the relevant teaching program and activities, timely completion of assessments and involvement in research.- 4. Participate in the Medical Oncology after-hours and on-call roster & in the general medical registrar on
- call roster after-hour rosters which entails evening, and weekend shifts.- 5. Contribute to clinical audit activities, including review of patients for the morbidity and mortality committee and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.- Undertaking other duties as directed, within the approved scope of clinical practice.
- 7. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation