Basic Physician Trainee

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Concord BPT Network as a Temporary Basic Physician Trainee

Where you'll be working
Concord Repatriation General Hospital is a 650 bed teaching hospital of the University of Sydney. The hospital has a long tradition of providing care to the Veteran community and today provides health care to the inner west of Sydney. Concord Hospital has the well-earned reputation of the collegiate hospital whose spirit of camaraderie and cooperation pervades the work and teaching environment.
Concord Hospital offers a comprehensive range of specialty and subspecialty services, many of which are recognized nationally and internationally as centres of excellence.
There are a number of formal and informal support and wellbeing services available to trainees. The high morale amongst the medical staff and the consistent success at the various college examinations are reflections of the priority given to career development. The hospital has an impressive track record in Physician training and is recognised as one of the leading hospitals in producing successful candidates at the FRACP examinations.
The Concord BPT Network consists of 4 training sites, each with their own unique and valuable training experience. There are training rotations in Concord Repatriation General Hospital, The Canterbury Hospital, Blue Mountains Hospital and The Tweed Hospital.

What you'll be doing

The primary purpose of the Basic Physician Trainee (BPT) is to provide effective medical services to patients under supervision, while developing expertise in medical practice in a complex clinical environment in inpatient and outpatient areas in the public health organisations within the Network.

Basic Physician Training roles consist of rotations through medical departments, working under an appropriate level of supervision by consultants.  Rotations have different levels of responsibility and team structures.  BPTs will gain increasing clinical autonomy and accountability as team leaders throughout the course of the three-year training program, building on their skills and attributes with the goal of entering an Advanced Training program.

BPTs undertaking the care of medical patients should ensure that they operate within their own level of expertise within a collaborative clinical care model and to seek consultation with the treating physician when appropriate, in the following activities:

• Clinically assess patients, incorporating consultation/history taking, examination, and formulation of a differential diagnosis and management plan
• Discuss diagnoses and management plans with patients and their families or carers
• Document the progress of patients in multiple settings
• Prescribe medications tailored to patients’ needs and conditions
• Transfer care of patients
• Choose, organise and interpret investigations
• Assess and manage acutely unwell patients
• Plan, prepare for, perform, and provide after care for important procedures

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.