Paediatric Surgery Non-accredited Registrar

**Description**

**‘Creating exceptional health care together.’**
- POSITION DESCRIPTION**Position Title**:Paediatric Surgery Non-Accredited Registrar***

**Employment Type**:Full Time
**Classification**:Registrar 1-4
**Salary**: $112,917 - $141,084 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Duration**:18 months with possibility of extension**Location**:The Canberra Hospital
**Section**:Women, Youth and Children
**Closing Date: 29 August 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**:
**You must be PGY 4 to commence in this position. Please note this is for immediate start until February 2026**

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.**Position overview**:
- The Department of Paediatrics and Child Health is the principal centre for children’s medical and surgical services in the ACT. There is a large and energetic inpatient department for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Paediatric Surgery. The outpatient department has been developed to reflect current out-patient models of care and gives trainees broad exposure to a range of general and subspecialty paediatric surgery, including paediatric urology, paediatric neonatal surgery, paediatric thoracic surgery, and paediatric general surgery. The department also provides an innovative teaching program for students from the Australian National University Medical School. The department is staffed by 2 Staff Specialists and 2 Visiting Medical Specialists. There is currently 1 Registrar who is accredited for training by RACS.-
- The on-call commitment is expected to be 1 in 4, with prospective cover for Paediatric Surgery, with registrars from the General Surgery pool contributing to the on-call roster. There is no expectation to provide cover for the General Surgery on call roster.**Duties**:

- Under limited direction of the Clinical Director, you will:
- Provide competent and efficient clinical management of patients of the ACT Health Directorate under the supervision and direction of a Consultant Medical Practitioner(s). The clinical management includes acute admissions, in-patient care, outpatient clinics, inter-disciplinary consults, and clinical handover.- 1. Maintain a co-operative relationships with the Neonatal, Paediatric and Emergency Departments- 2. Participate in the supervision, training and professional development of junior medical staff and medical students.- 3. Work within and support the multidisciplinary clinical team. Participate in the after-hours roster.- 4. Demonstrate progress in training in the specialty including participation in relevant teaching programs and activities, and timely completion of assessments.- 5. Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.- 6. Maintain adequate and legible medical records and ensure that the clinical team completes discharge summaries in a timely manner.- 7. 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**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:

- Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA),
- Tertiary qualifications,- Be registered under the Working for Vulnerable People Act,- Advanced Paediatric Life Support or equivalent.
- Have an understanding of how the National Standards and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

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.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical