Senior Resident Medical Officer

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (SCHN) is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes with one purpose in mind - to help young people live their healthiest lives. Learn more about our network here: https://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/

Employment Type: Temporary
Remuneration: Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award - Resident Medical Officer
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM30192


The Paediatric Otolaryngology - Head and Neck (ENT) Surgery Senior Resident Medical Officer (SRMO) position is available at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, part of The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, for the 2027 Clinical Year, from 01 February 2027 to 06 February 2028. The Division of Surgery provides a wide range of services to children, some of whom will not necessarily undergo operative intervention but still require surgical care. Surgical services in which the residents may participate in include paediatric surgery, plastic surgery and burns management, thoracic, transplant, colorectal, trauma & urology. 

Admissions 
The Resident is expected to take a history and perform a physical examination on each of the elective admissions admitted under their team. Usually emergency admissions will already have been clerked by the Emergency Department Trainee or Resident. It is the Resident’s duty to confirm that any necessary consent has been signed or obtain such consent from the parent/guardian. It is preferable that the patient’s weight and vital signs as well as results of lab tests and other preoperative investigations be noted in the chart when available. Residents are not expected to admit Day Case only patients. As some services only operate on one or two days of the week, there may be a substantial list of admissions on the preceding day. In the past, the Surgical Residents have frequently helped each other out with these admissions, sharing the duties across the services to ensure completion of work in a timely manner. 

In-patient Care 
The Resident is expected to make daily ward rounds, in conjunction with and at a mutually convenient time for the team trainee or consultant. This includes writing daily progress notes and appropriate orders, organising and following up on investigations, writing fluid orders, starting IV’s and drawing blood as necessary. Every patient should have at least one entry each day from the surgical team treating the patient that should incorporate the date and time of the team’s clinical review. 

ENT SRMO traditional duties include RMO to Ophthalmology and Dental Units. These duties comprise a small but important component of overall inpatient responsibilities. These duties may also include maxillary-facial surgical patients. If problems arise with ward patients, the Resident should first assess the patient and then contact the relevant trainee, Fellow and/or consultant to determine a plan of corrective action. Surgical patients in the neonatal intensive care unit or paediatric intensive care unit do not need to be seen by the Ward Resident, as the appropriate ICU team will care for those patients. When these patients are discharged to the ward the team’s Surgical Resident should review them on arrival and make an appropriate entry in the notes.

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