Provisional Fellow
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- South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
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- CAM25807 Requisition #
Employment Type: Temporary - Various
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM25807
Role: Provisional Fellow – Cardiothoracic Surgery
Where you’ll be working
Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services is a major teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre, providing excellent healthcare to south-eastern Sydney and specialist health and medical services to NSW.
We have 450 inpatient beds and almost 3,000 staff. Each year we care for more than 60,000 patients in our Emergency Department and around 50,000 patients are admitted to the inpatient units of our hospital. We also have a busy outpatient service and rural outreach service and provide more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year.
Our hospital is affiliated with various Universities and premier medical teaching facilities which enables our staff to provide excellence in healthcare in conjunction with our commitment to quality clinical teaching and leading medical research.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Department
Our Cardiothoracic Surgery Department provides care for people with heart and lung disease who require emergency or planned elective surgery. Our service includes:
- Cardiothoracic operating theatres
- Cardiac anaesthesia
- A four-bed cardiothoracic intensive care unit
- 18 bed cardiothoracic ward.
Our cardiothoracic surgery team includes intensive care specialists, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiothoracic anaesthetists, specialised nurses and allied health.
We work in partnership with the broader Prince of Wales Hospital cardiac services which include the cardiology ward and coronary care unit. We also are closely integrated with the Intensive Care Unit and Eastern Heart Clinic.
What you'll be doing
We have 2 positions available. The primary purpose of our Provisional Fellows is to provide effective clinical management of cardiothoracic surgical patients, under appropriate supervision, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, 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.
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 carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to: SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au.
Click 'Apply for Job' to submit your resume and respond to the following selection criteria:
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
- Completion of Part I FRACS (or equivalent), Part II FRACS is desirable
- A minimum of five (5) full years of postgraduate experience, including previous and recent clinical and surgical experience relevant to cardiothoracic.
- Demonstrated excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to vary communication style in line with the understanding of the needs of diverse audiences
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, including the sharing of appropriate information internally and externally with key persons or services
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgement and expertise
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For role related queries or questions contact Hugh Wolfenden on Hugh.Wolfenden@health.nsw.gov.au
For enquiries about the recruitment system or lodging your application through the recruitment portal, you can contact HealthShare NSW at hsnsw-hcmsystem@health.nsw.gov.au or on 1300 443 966.
Applications Close: 05, August 2025
