Trainee - Unaccredited Position

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.

The position will provide expert medical assessment and management of patients within the department/service.

Our staff strive to provide excellence in healthcare and uphold a high standard of care for all patients, families, carers and visitors to our facilities.

At the core of our organisation is a set of values - Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

SESLHD covers nine Local Government Areas from Sydney's Central Business District to the Royal National Park and has a culturally

and linguistically diverse population of over 930,000 people, which includes highly urbanised areas of eastern Sydney, southern Sydney and

 industrialised areas around Port Botany.

SESLHD covers urban and suburban communities and manages eight public hospitals and one public nursing home:

•  Calvary Healthcare Sydney (third schedule with Little Company of Mary Health Care)

•  Prince of Wales Hospital

•  Royal Hospital for Women

•  St George Hospital

•  Sutherland Hospital

•  Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital

•  War Memorial Hospital (third schedule with Uniting Care)

•  Gower Wilson Memorial

•  Garrawarra Centre

SESLHD also operates 28 Child and Family Health Centres, 12 Community Health Centres and nine Oral Health Clinics; providing prevention, early intervention and community-based treatment, palliative care and rehabilitation services.

Drug and Alcohol, Mental Health, Breast screening, HIV/AIDS, Public Health, Women's Health, Youth Health, Sexual Health, Imaging and Pathology services are provided at a number of facilities across SESLHD.

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.

The Unaccredited Trainee in General Surgery position is part of the Southern Surgical Skills program Network which includes St George Hospital, Sutherland Hospital and Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital. It will be a requirement for you to be seconded to at least one of the hospital other than St George for 3 months.

Terms on offer at St George are Colorectal, Upper GI, Trauma/SAU, Vascular, Peritonectomy Surgery, ICU and General Surgical relief. The General Surgical relief can cover SET trainees at Fairfield, Campbelltown, Coffs Harbour, Nowra, Tweed Head and Albury Hospitals. Shoalhaven offers General Surgical Terms and Sutherland Hospital has a General Surgical Term and a General Surgery/Urology Term.

St George is a principal referral hospital providing a wide range of secondary, tertiary and quaternary services. These hospitals have a full range of diagnostic and consultative services.

The clinical year is divided into 3 month terms through which you will be rotated. There may be an opportunity to stay in a term for a 6 month period, depending on performance and popularity of rotation. Being part of the Southern Surgical Skills Network may mean you are required to have dealings outside the hospital with HETI and CSTC. Within the hospital the network is governed by the Network Management Committee, which meets once a term and your participation in this meeting is welcome. This Term is supported by the Surgical Superintendent at St George Hospital.

10 REASONS TO CHOOSE ST GEORGE HOSPITAL FOR YOUR MEDICAL TRAINING

1.     Live in the bustling city, by our gorgeous beaches at world famous Bondi and Cronulla, or the eclectic inner west – we’re only a very short commute and easily accessible by car or public transport with a great work life balance.

2.     A fabulous local café culture

3.     A welcoming and supportive culture with fantastic, committed, and friendly consultants

4.     Hands on experience

5.     State of the art facilities with a brand-new ambulatory care and outpatient precinct due for completion in 2026

6.     The largest hospital in the district and the principal teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales with opportunities for JMOs to contribute to medical student teaching.

7.     One of the state’s leading centres for trauma and emergency management

8.     A committed Medical Workforce team dedicated to supporting you throughout your medical training.

9.     Strong links with Justice Health, Calvary, Sutherland, Griffith, Shoalhaven, and Coffs Harbour for a wide and varied range of experiences

10.  An unwavering commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging.

What you'll be doing

The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of surgical patients, under appropriate supervision, in a complex clinical environment. The doctor is the key person who works closely with all members of a multi-disciplinary team and deals with matters of an urgent or sensitive nature, whilst exercising discretion, sensitivity and maintaining confidentiality.

Positions in the Surgical Skills Training Networks are for junior doctors who are working towards entry into the Surgical Education and Training Program with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. These networked positions require    rotations through several hospitals. 

Decision making and supervision will be at the appropriate level according to the doctor’s skills, knowledge and experience. The medical officer will be expected to adopt a progressively more independent approach to patient management according to their experience, under the guidance of and at the discretion of the appropriate Attending Medical Officer (AMO). All patients managed within the hospitals of the health service are under the direct care of a specialist medical practitioner. All decisions regarding their care are to be clearly communicated with the specialist responsible for that care. SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their careers, feel supported.

Important information:

1. The Selection Criteria is available in the position description and this must be addressed when you apply to the position

2.  This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy PD2023_022. Successful applicants to the role must provide vaccination history and pathology as part of the application documentation and be certified as compliant before employment can commence. A link will be provided once deemed successful