Advanced Trainee

**Employment Type**: Temporary Various
**Remuneration**: As per the award
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM16478

The St Vincent’s Hospital Geriatric Unit is seeking motivated and dynamic advanced trainees to further their education within our organisation.
The unit covers a geographical area bounded by the City of Sydney and the localities covered by Woollahra and Waverley Councils, extending from the City and Redfern areas through to Bondi and Vaucluse.
The linked services as part of the training experience include the St Vincent’s Hospital Geriatric Unit and Medical Admissions Unit, War Memorial and Sacred Heart Rehabilitation units, as well as the St Vincent’s Community Health service, Geriatric Flying Squad based at War Memorial, Hospital in the Home and Transitional Aged Care Programs. One advanced Trainee is also seconded on a rotational basis to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. We
have a broad range of educational opportunities.
The training experience is covered by 5 positions, 2 inpatient and 2 community based and 1 position at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney (SVHN) forms part of the NSW region of St Vincent’s Health Australia which is the largest diversified health care organisation within Australia’s not for profit and Catholic health care sectors. SVHN comprises some of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious hospitals; these include St Vincent’s Hospital, Sacred Heart Hospice and St Joseph’s Hospital. Along with three co-located research institutes - the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research - we work in close partnership with other research bodies, universities, and health care providers.

St. Vincents Hospital is a major public hospital and a principal tertiary referral hospital. St Vincents specialises in heart/lung transplantation; bone marrow transplantation; cardiology; neurosurgery, cancer; clinical genomics, HIV medicine; palliative care, respiratory medicine; mental health; and drug and alcohol services, aged psychiatry, homeless health and prisoner health. We are a clinical and education leader with a national and international reputation in medical research

**Where you'll be working**

Centrally located in Darlinghurst, it sits on the edge of Sydney’s business district. St. Vincents follows the philosophy of the Mary Aikenhead Ministries in its service to all regardless of race, nationality or creed. St Vincent’s Health Australia provides compassionate healthcare to people from all walks of life, but reflecting our mission, we are especially committed to people from vulnerable and marginalised backgrounds.

The Hospital has a long-standing reputation for treating the highest acuity and complex patient loads, attracting referrals on a state-wide and national basis. The Hospital is a teaching hospital of the UNSW and University of Notre Dame and has academic associations with the Australian Catholic University, Sydney University and the University of Technology, Sydney.

**What you'll be doing**

The St Vincent’s Hospital Geriatric Unit is seeking motivated and dynamic advanced trainees to further their education within our organisation. The St Vincent’s Geriatric Service covers a geographical area bounded by the City of Sydney and the localities covered by Woollahra and Waverley Councils, extending from the City and Redfern areas through to Bondi and Vaucluse.
The linked services as part of the training experience include the St Vincent’s Hospital Geriatric Unit and Medical Admissions Unit, War Memorial and Sacred Heart Rehabilitation units, as well as the St Vincent’s Community Health service, Geriatric Flying Squad based at War Memorial, Hospital in the Home and Transitional Aged Care Programs. One advanced Trainee is also seconded on a rotational basis to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. We
have a broad range of educational opportunities.
The training experience is covered by 5 positions, 2 inpatient and 2 community based and 1 position at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
Position 1 Medical Admissions Unit Advanced Trainee with responsibilities to manage the patient care, flow and quality performance of the MAU with consultant led supervision.
Position 2 Consultation and Orthogeriatrics Service. This role covers consultations to our service with a rotating consultant involvement. There is a strong focus on Orthogeriatrics and the development of similar surgical geriatric services is in progress.
Position 3 SVH Community Advanced Trainee - involved in case conferencing rounds hospital wide, recruitment and management of patients in HITH, medical liaison with TACP and Community services, domiciliary visits and the development of outreach into Residential Aged Care Facilities.
Position 4 WMH Community Geriatric Flying Squad Advanced Trainee, assessing patients in the community for acute and subacute geriatric issues, working also in RA