Fixed Term (12 Months) 2.0 FTE Postgraduate Fellow - Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies - Department of Haematology - Westmead Hospital | APPLY VIA ECREDENTIAL
Westmead Hospital
Fixed Term (12 Months) 2.0 FTE Postgraduate Fellow –
Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies
Department of Haematology
To apply for this position, please complete an online application by clicking on the link below:
Applications must be received by 5pm on the advertising closing date.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 20 JULY 2026
Successful applicants will deliver all aspects of clinical care for patients undergoing blood transplant and immune effector cell therapies as inpatients or outpatients at Westmead Hospital, including participating in Haematology department on call rosters under the supervision of the Blood Transplant and Cellular Therapies (BTCT) Director, the clinical lead for immune effector cell therapies or their delegates with professional accountability to the Director of Clinical Haematology, Director Cancer Services and the General Manager Westmead Hospital.
Applicants must have successfully completed fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and have specialist AHPRA registration at the time of commencing in the role.
The positions will be for a period of 12 months. Two separate positions will be advertised for 12 months commencing at the beginning of the 2027 clinical year.
Appointees may be eligible for credentialing and privileging across all other facilities in the Western Sydney Local Health District.
The BTCT clinical service receives referrals from within the Western Sydney & Nepean/Blue Mountains LHDs as well as patients from the Newcastle, Wollongong, Canberra regions and interstate referrals. The program performs over 100 transplants per year with the majority being allogeneic stem cell transplants from sibling, unrelated, haploidentical or occasional cord blood donors and the remaining being autologous transplants. The Cellular Therapy service is one of two NSW designated immune effector cell administration sites and administers commercial CAR T-cells & antigen-specific IEC therapies. The service undertakes approximately 100 cellular infusions for a wide variety of therapeutic and research indications.
The BTCT & SCTL laboratories are the most active transplant & cellular therapy processing laboratories in NSW and undertake 500-600 processing procedures annually including complex cell manipulations such as CD34 selection. In addition to stem cell processing, the laboratory has a highly active cellular therapeutics arm involved in the production of pathogen and tumour specific T cells. Westmead Hospital is at the forefront of translational clinical research into the use of pathogen and tumour specific immune effector cell therapeutics, and has multiple active investigator initiated and pharmaceutical sponsored clinic trials in the field.
Applicants expecting to be awarded fellowship within 6 months are eligible to apply
Conditions of appointment are in accordance with the Staff Specialists (State) Award.
Selection Criteria:
Please outline how you satisfy the selection criteria listed below. In addressing the selection criteria, include any relevant skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience:
1. Possess or be eligible for specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Possess Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialists (State) Award.
2. Possess sound clinical knowledge in Haematology, blood transplant and cell therapies demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position.
3. Have demonstrated skills and attitudes appropriate for practice as a Senior Medical Practitioner including:
· High level interpersonal and communication skills.
· Demonstrated ability working within a multidisciplinary team.
· Experience and involvement in quality assurance activities and evidence-based best practice.
· Demonstrated commitment to teaching and supervision
4. Familiarity with research concepts and commitment to support basic, applied or clinical research within the Department.
5. Up to date knowledge of cellular therapies including blood transplantation and CAR T cell administration for Haematological malignancy and up to date knowledge of stem cell transplantation as a cellular therapy with some clinical experience in the care of patients undergoing autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplant.
6. Awareness and understanding of complications of blood transplant and CAR T cell therapies and their treatments.
7. Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team spanning clinical, diagnostic and cell therapy laboratory.
8. Willingness to participate in clinical and laboratory quality systems relevant to blood transplant, CAR T cells and other cellular therapies.
Working with Children Check
Applicants must provide evidence of a Working with Children Check issued by the Office of Communities Commission for Children and Young People. For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Commission for Children and Young People website: https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/working-children-check
To apply for this position, please complete an online application by clicking on the link below:
Applications must be received by 5pm on the advertising closing date.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 20 JULY 2026
CONTACT
Name: Dr John Kwan
Phone: 0431 120 412
Email: John.Kwan@health.nsw.gov.au
Name: A/Prof Jennifer Curnow
Phone: 02 88906912
Email: Jennifer.curnow@health.nsw.gov.au
If you are having any issues regarding your application via e-credential, please contact the Specialist Medical and Dental Recruitment Unit on (02) 8838 2094 or via e-mail: WSLHD- SMADR@health.nsw.gov.au
