Advanced Trainee

Sydney Local Health District is seeking a highly motivated medical officer to join the clinical pharmacology and toxicology team in Drug Health Services at RPA Hospital

What you will be doing:

This position is open to qualified candidates with a background in a relevant field of medicine. You will be involved in inpatient and outpatient services, teaching and research. You will have the opportunity to enhance your skills in a chosen area. Candidates for this position will engage in self-directed as well as structured and work-directed learning of relevant principles and material.

This role has a focus on excellence in teaching and will offer you training toward Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) in Clinical Pharmacology. Dual Training in addiction medicine can occur from within the position, for example in addiction medicine.

Drug Health Services (DHS) at RPAH

DHS RPAH, in which the successful applicant will work, offers comprehensive services to a large tertiary referral hospital and the surrounding community. Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology provides a tertiary inpatient service and an area consultation service for patients with adverse drug reactions and drug toxicity. The position supports a range Quality use of Medicine activities in the hospital.

The separate addiction medicine service offers hospital consultation-liaison, inpatient assessment, withdrawal and stabilisation, ambulatory care including opioid agonist treatment and ambulatory withdrawal management, referral clinics and clinics in the liver unit as well as outreach clinics at Redfern Community Health Centre and the Aboriginal Medical Service..

The successful applicant will need to be able to work efficiently within these teams and communicate well with other professionals within RPAH and the community.

Where you will be working:

Royal Prince Alfred is the principal teaching hospital of the University of Sydney and offers speciality services from its main campus as well as from Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and Dame Edith Walker Hospitals.  RPAH is one of Australia's leading hospitals, providing an extensive range of diagnostic and treatment services. Its specialities include cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, cancer, respiratory medicine, neurology, liver and kidney transplants.

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.

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.