Provisional Fellow
Employment Type: Temporary - Various
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM26961
Role: Provisional Fellow – Neurology (Dementia Clinic and NeuRA)
Where you’ll be working
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services is a major teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre, providing excellent healthcare to south-eastern Sydney and specialist health and medical services to NSW.
Our hospital is affiliated with the University of New South Wales and has premier medical teaching facilities which enables our staff to provide excellence in healthcare in conjunction with our commitment to quality clinical teaching and leading medical research.
For more information about our Neurology Department, visit: https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/prince-of-wales-hospital/services-clinics/directory/neurology-services-and-clinics.
Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) is a medical research institute and significant neuroscience precinct in NSW. It commandeers research from advances in dementia and mental health to discoveries in chronic pain and falls prevention.
What you'll be doing
Our Provisional Fellow role will provide the successful applicant with advanced subspecialty skills in Neurology, Neuromuscular Medicine, with a focus on Motor Neurone Disease and participation within the Neurology Department.
Involvement in Motor Neurone Disease clinics and a new Dementia Clinic at Prince of Wales Hospital constitute a core clinical component of the Fellowship. The fellow will be expected to actively participate in MND clinical trials holding the role of sub-investigator. The position will be supervised in collaboration with clinical and research staff at NeuRA and Prince of Wales Hospital Neurology Department.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to: SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au.
Click 'Apply for Job' to submit your resume and respond to the following selection criteria:
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
- Experience in medical research with previous publications is desirable.
- Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
- Organisational ability, both personal organisation and ability to supervise others.
- Initiative in self-directed learning.
- Relevant Fellowship qualification is desirable - or may need to sit for a final exam at the end of training to attain Fellowship.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Matthew Kiernan on Matthew.Kiernan@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 13, October 2025
