Provisional Fellow

Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration:  As per Named NSW (Non-Declared) AHO Medical Officer Agreement 2024
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29723


The Lung Transplant Provisional Fellow is delegated responsibility and authority to provide safe, effective and individual patient care both directly and through the allocated junior medical officers by teaching and directing, supervising and ensuring their performances. The duties of the Lung Transplant Provisional Fellow include ensuring that all patients are seen and properly evaluated promptly on admission to Hospital. As most of the Departments patients are admitted via the Emergency Department, a rapid response to requests for assessment from Emergency is essential. The senior medical officers under whose care a patient has been admitted should be promptly informed. 


The Lung Transplant Provisional Fellow is responsible for patient assessment and management; communication of assessment / management decisions to other staff involved in the patients care, communication with the patient and / family regarding the patient’s condition and management plans, maintenance of accurate and relevant patient documentation, coordination of diagnostic tests and consultations, arrangement of patient discharge process and liaison with GPs and other community care services to ensure the provision of optimal patient care to patients presenting to St. Vincent’s Hospital.