General Medicine Advanced Trainee

**Description**

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

**Position Title**:General Medicine Advanced Trainee

**Employment Type**:Full Time
**Classification**: Registrar 1 - 4
**Salary**: $112,917 - $141,084 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**:The Canberra Hospital, Woden North Canberra Hospital, Bruce
**Section**:General Medicine
**Closing Date: 6 March 2025**

**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**
- At the North Canberra Hospital - Bruce, the AT is responsible for the co-ordination of care and supervision of JMOs (basic physician trainees and resident medical officers) in MAPU. And will play a supportive role in the day-to-day management of patients admitted to MAPU, in liaison with the general medicine teams. The AT is also responsible in conducting daily Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds (SIBR) with nursing and allied health staff in facilitating discharge planning and patient flow through the unit. There is also the opportunity to supervise and perform a variety of ward-based procedures such as lumbar puncture, abdominal paracentesis, pleurocentesis and joint aspirations

General Medicine at the Canberra Hospital Woden Campus comprises three inpatient teams with a mix of acute and subacute patients. The case-mix includes medical illness of uncertain aetiology, patients with multiple active medical conditions, toxicology, and eating disorders requiring medical stabilisation. Managing complexity is our specialty. We understand that our patients have complex physical, psychological and social needs. We strive to provide high quality care that is evidence-based, compassionate and coordinated.
- Advanced training in General Medicine at CHS is undertaken in a variety of roles, to meet training requirements of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. These include terms in general medicine, and subspecialty rotations including infectious diseases/ hospital in the home and acute geriatrics. Advanced trainees may also be rotated to our north Canberra Hospital - Bruce for an acute medicine term. Trainees interested in dual training with geriatrics will have the option of a streamlined programme to complete the core requirements of both training programmes at CHS.
- We are accredited for 2 years of advanced training by the Specialist Advisory Committee for General Medicine.

**Duties**:

- Provide competent and efficient clinical management of patients of CHS under the supervision and direction of consultant physicians in general medicine at both Woden and Bruce campuses. Clinical duties will include assessment and management of acute presentations to the emergency departments, in-patient care (general medicine, infectious diseases/ Hospital in the Home or acute geriatrics), diagnosis and management of patients in outpatient clinics, ward consults and clinical handover.
- Participate in the supervision, training and professional development of junior medical staff.
- Assist with facilitating patient flow through the hospitals by working with access unit personnel
- Demonstrate progress in training in the specialty including participation in the RACP PREP Advanced Training program, timely completion of assessments and involvement in research.
- Participate in the after-hours and on-call roster.
- Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.
- Comply with the policies and requirements of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the policies of ACT Health.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

**About you**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**
- 1. Enthusiasm for clinical excellence.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a clinical team.
- Commitment to continued professional development, including ongoing teaching and learning.

**Position Requirements / Qualifications**
- Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation A