Urology Unaccredited Registrar

**Description**

**‘Creating exceptional health care together.’**
- POSITION DESCRIPTION

**Position Title**:Urology Unaccredited Registrar

**Employment Type**:Full Time
**Classification**: Registrar 1 - 4
**Salary**: $112,917 - $141,084 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**:The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT
**Section**: Surgery
**Closing Date**:13 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**
- Currently the Urology Service is provided by 6 on-call VMOs who supervise a team of 5 registrars (2 accredited position) and the staff PGF position. During the day the registrars and PGF cover the operating room under consultant supervision, for a heavy surgical load (both elective and non-elective), outpatient clinics, emergency department reviews, and supervise junior medical officers looking after the inpatients.

**DUTIES**:

- 1. Provide competent and efficient clinical management of patients of Canberra Health Services under the supervision and direction of Consultant Medical Practitioner’s. The clinical management includes acute admissions, in-patient care, outpatient clinics, inter -disciplinary consults and clinical handover.
- 2. Participate in the supervision, training and professional development of junior medical staff and work within and support the multidisciplinary clinical team.
- 3. Demonstrate progress in training in the specialty in basic urology and endo-urological procedures and participation in the relevant teaching program and activities, timely completion of assessments and involvement in research.
- 4. Participate in the after-hours and on-call roster for CHS Hospitals.
- 5. Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.
- 6. Maintain adequate and legible medical record and ensure that the clinical team completes discharge summaries in a timely manner.
- 7. Comply with the policies and requirements of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the policies of Canberra Health Services.
- 8. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

**ABOUT YOU**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**
- 1. Strong organisational skills with a high degree of drive
- 2. Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients’ needs
- 3. The ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment
- 4. The ability to effectively communicate with a diverse range of people.

**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
**Mandatory**:

- Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); and
- Currency in an Advanced Life Support Course to be attained within three months of commencement with annual refreshers.
- 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.

CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.
- 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.**Desirable**:

- Post graduate surgical and academic qualifications and experience relevant to the position
- Completion of a laser safety course.
- Compliance Certificate from OMU (Occupational Medicine Unit