Provisional Fellow

Sydney Local Health District is seeking a highly motivated Provisional Fellow to join the Chronic Pain Management Team at Concord Hospital

What you will be doing

This position is open to qualified candidates from Anaesthesia, Rehabilitation, Palliative Care, Physician, Surgical or General Practice fields. You will be involved in the chronic and acute pain inpatient service as well as the Outpatient pain service with appropriate degrees of independence. You will work with a multidisciplinary team managing pain with a continuity of care model ranging from acute to chronic pain. You will also be exposed to a wide range of learning opportunities through services such as pre-surgery opioid optimisation and analgesia planning, specialised pain management for burns, cancer and the pain management for veterans with the National Centre for Veterans’ Healthcare which is the first national holistic management centre for veterans. There will also be opportunities to learn a range of interventional as well as non-interventional pain management techniques. You will be able to observe the interplay between acute and chronic pain through our Integrated Pain Service which integrates acute and chronic pain services. The team is a dynamic one and active in research. You will have the opportunity to enhance your skills in a chosen area, with support provided for research activities. Candidates for this position will engage in self-directed as well as work-directed learning of relevant principles and material.

Our unit has a focus on excellence in teaching and will offer you training toward a higher qualification in pain management, i.e. Fellowship Faculty of Pain Medicine Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA).

The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management 

The Chronic Pain Management Service is a multidisciplinary team for inpatient and outpatients of Concord Hospital. It offers support to patients with complex acute, sub-acute and chronic pain conditions. It includes a Burns Pain Clinic affiliated to a regional burns referral centre and is associated with the National Centre for Veterans’ Healthcare which is the first holistic service for veterans in Australia. The Pain service also works closely with Drug Health, Psychiatry and the Palliative Care services.

The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management provides anaesthesia services to an 11 theatre operating suite, with approximately 11,000 cases per year, and provides sedation and anaesthetic support for cardiology, radiology and endoscopy procedures outside the operating theatres. Over 80% of our elective surgical caseload is assessed and prepared in a dedicated pre-assessment clinic, and over 90% of patients are admitted on the day of surgery via the peri-operative unit - either as day of surgical admissions or as day stay patients. The pain service makes over 7000 peri-operative acute pain visits per year. The service is also involved with the Preadmission Clinic where identified patients of concern may have preoperative pain assessment, advice and pain management planning.

Where you will be working
Concord Repatriation General Hospital is a principal referral facility and a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney. We offer a comprehensive range of specialty and sub-specialty services, many recognised nationally and internationally as Centre’s of excellence. Major services include colorectal and laparoscopic surgery, gastroenterology, geriatrics and rehabilitation medicine, bone and joint services, cancer services, haematology, respiratory medicine and sleep studies, molecular biology and genetics, and those provided through the internationally acknowledged Statewide Burns Service, in which Concord plays a major part. 

What we can offer you
•    Supportive, collegiate and diverse work environment
•    Ongoing professional development and career opportunities
•    Salary packaging and fitness passport for eligible staff including utilizing SLHD gym facilities
•    Wellbeing, advocacy, mentorship and support opportunities exclusively for medical staff through SLHDs multifaceted workplace program MDOK.
 

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
                            
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Sydney Local Health District’s vision incorporates NSW Health Core Values and a commitment to equity, health improvement, timeliness and efficiency, recognising that evidence-based service delivery requires highly skilled and valued staff supported by research, education and state-of-the-art technologies. 
 
Our strategic priority under this vision is our commitment to excellence in Patient and Family Centre Care. Staff are supported to ensure patients; their families and carers are considered as partners in care to achieve optimal patient outcomes and best possible healthcare experience.