Senior Resident Medical Officer

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Remuneration:  - 
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM28181

The John Hunter Hospital is the principal referral centre and tertiary hospital for Newcastle, and Northern New South Wales, Australia.

The 796 bed hospital is the main teaching hospital of the University of Newcastle. The hospital contains the only trauma centre in New South Wales outside the Sydney Metropolitan Area and has the busiest emergency department in the state. 

John Hunter is the busiest trauma hospital in the state, and the second-busiest in the country; and the only regional hospital to house all the surgical subspecialties.

The hospital offers a comprehensive surgical education and training program, aimed at providing all Unaccredited Trainees and SRMOs with the skills and knowledge required to apply to Surgical Education Programs.

What you'll be doing

The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of surgical patients, under appropriate 
supervision, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment. The SRMO 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 SRMOs skills, knowledge and experience. They 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 a patient's care are to be clearly communicated with the specialist responsible for that care.