Trainee - Unaccredited Position

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time
**Remuneration**: $110,986 - $139,187
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM27304 - Central Coast Local Health District - Orthopaedics - Unaccredited Trainee

Welcome to Central Coast Local Health District where we strive to deliver exceptional healthcare services and enhance the health and wellbeing of our community. We invite suitably trained and experienced medical officers to join our community and enjoy the benefits of a relaxed, coastal lifestyle paired with a rewarding career supporting our rapidly growing population.
Please watch our welcome video.

At CCLHD we value our staff as our most important resource and offer ongoing support and development opportunities. Find out more:

- Central Coast Local Health District - Imagine Regional (nsw.gov.au)
- Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) - NSW Health

The following positions are current advertising in Orthopaedics:

- Orthopaedics - Unaccredited Trainee - Job No: CAM27304
- Orthopaedics - Senior Resident Medical Officer - Job No: CAM27171

**Where you will be working**:
Orthopaedics is a growing specialty based on the migration from COVID to the Central Coast as well as our aging population. Challenges arise with trauma, arthroplasty and revision arthroplasty. CCLHD is known as a stable environment well support by the senior medical staff for a trainee to develop their skills clinically and professionally. Being a busy Regional Centre, the focus is on quality care for our patients in a multidisciplinary team. It is a research hub of the central coast with multiple opportunities to undertake research.

**Gosford Hospital** is the principal referral hospital and trauma centre for the Central Coast, with over 500 inpatient beds and 24/7 access to the emergency department and operating theatres. A recent $368 million dollar redevelopment delivered a new emergency department, ICU, nuclear medicine facility, special care nursery and expanded medical imaging services.

**Wyong Hospital** is an acute major metropolitan hospital with over 300 beds providing inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to residents in the northern region of the Central Coast. A recent $200 million expansion delivered a new emergency department, ICU, paediatric unit, inpatient wards, theatres and expanded medical imaging services.

In conjunction with the University of Newcastle, CCLHD has recently opened the Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute on the Gosford Hospital campus, providing additional opportunities in training and research.

For more information about what it is like to work with us, please visit our Facebook page.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category
- Completion of at least three postgraduate years working as a medical officer with demonstrated competence in Orthopaedics and experience in operating theatre and a demonstrated commitment to a career in Orthopaedics.
- Demonstrates ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills (at the required level of competency) and judgment and expertise.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, including providing leadership and direction to ensure appropriate management of patients.
- Demonstrated time management, problem solving skills, excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and computer skills, along with evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to self-education.
- Demonstrated understanding of how the District is Caring for the Coast and how this role would contribute.
- Previous experience in research will be favourable.

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**Applications Close: 19 October 2025