Trainee - Unaccredited Position

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

- **Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM27482

**Position Tagline**
To provide Cardiology and General Medicine services to patients who present to Canterbury Hospital under supervision to ensure quality health care for the local community, while developing expertise in Cardiology and General 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**

The Unaccredited Trainee will undertake dedicated terms in Cardiology and General Medicine and will provide effective clinical management of inpatients and outpatients of Canterbury Hospital, working under the supervision of Specialist consultants to ensure quality health care for the local community, while developing expertise in Cardiology and General Medicine in a complex clinical environment.

During Cardiology terms, the trainee will be exposed to ECHO reporting and interpretation, performance and interpretation of stress testing, and management of common acute and chronic cardiac issues such as NSTEACS, acute arrhythmias and heart failure. They will also participate in Cardiology research and assist in managing the Canterbury Hospital heart failure database. During General Medicine terms, the trainee will develop competency in managing a broad range of common acute medical conditions including respiratory, endocrine, renal, neurological and other disorders.

The role includes patient assessment, making treatment decisions, performing procedures, maintaining adequate medical records, organising and interpreting appropriate investigations. They will work under the supervision of Cardiologist and a range of General Physicians and will be expected to have advanced communication skills, including escalating matters of concern in a timely manner, according to the clinical urgency.
- 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 Centred 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.
- Completion of at least five postgraduate years and demonstrated experience in Cardiology and/or General Medicine.
- Demonstrated commitment to a career in Cardiology/General Medicine including education, excellent theoretical knowledge and clinical judgement, research and teaching with a commitment to continuous quality improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills and judgment and expertise.
- A professional attitude and flexibility in work roles with a preparedness and ability to participate in after-hours overtime and on-call rosters.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team - diligence, punctuality, organisation, record keeping, time management