Remuneration: $89,095.00 - $139,187.00
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM24145
Where you'll be working
Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services. We are 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 58,000 patients in our Emergency Department and around 50,000 patients are admitted to 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. Radiology services for Prince of Wales, Sydney Children’s Hospitals & Sydney Eye Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women are provided by Prince of Wales Medical Imaging Department.
What you'll be doing
Radiology Trainees provide high quality radiology services whilst learning all stages of the radiological examinations of patients including referrals, triaging, supervision, performance, reporting and communication of the procedure. They will participate in all aspects of the Department of Medical Imaging, involving Clinical Radiologists as medical experts, including professionalism, team work, communication, advocacy and management. The current position is more suited to an advanced trainee with radiology experience.
• Provide general Radiology consultation for patients referred to the department for radiological procedures.
• Participate in reporting of all diagnostic and intervention procedures undertaken in a timely manner under the supervision of the consultant Radiologist of the day.
• Perform radiological procedures and interventions, the range and complexity of which to be commensurate with experience and stage of training, guided by RANZCR curriculum requirements.
• Radiology trainees provide a 24/7 cover for the department including majority daytime (business hours) rosters in addition to participation in afterhours and weekend/public holiday on-site shift rosters.
• By the end of training, the trainee should be able to provide effective radiology services to patients under supervision, while developing expertise in medical and imaging practice in a complex clinical environment.
The successful applicants will be appointed as The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists ("RANZCR") accredited Radiology Trainees in a NSW Health Radiology Training Network (ie. Local Area Network or LAN), the successful applicant(s) will be working and training at Prince of Wales as their home hospital for the majority of the time. Prince of Wales Hospital is accredited for 19 Trainees and 3 Fellows. The position will involve rotations to other LAN 3 sites and may encompass other curriculum requirements in order for the trainee to attain their Fellowship with RANZCR. Trainees will spend no more than four years at any single training site within their five year training program as per RANZCR.
Radiology training contracts comprise a two-year then a three-year contract to fulfil the five year training requirement. Length of contract will however depend on which training year you are applying for as follows:
Year 1 - contract is 2 years
Year 2 - contract is 1 year
Year 3 - contract is 3 years
Year 4 - contract is 2 years
Year 5 - contract is 1 year
The above is for typical applicants starting from year1, this role comprises of a out of cycle temporary contract followed by an in-cycle contract at the start of the clinical year.
Please note, Trainees with two or more years of experience are required for this position. Applicants with less than 2 years of accredited experience are encouraged to apply during the in-cycle LAN recruitment period.
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrated interest in Radiology and preparation for Radiology training (including Phase 1 RANZCR exams and other curriculum requirements). First year applicants only must submit a verification number from RANZCR in response to this criterion (Existing RANZCR Trainees applicants do not require a number).
- Demonstrated ability to work independently within a complex health care setting with proven time management, analytical and reasoning skills, and good common routine procedural skills.
- Excellent written, verbal and multimedia communication skills, in order to interact effectively with patients, referrers, colleagues and other team members.
- Understanding and promotion of collaborative effort and empathy within a heterogeneous team environment such as a radiology department.
- Excellent academic record commensurate with experience, evidence of on-going learning, teaching activities, potential involvement with projects and research publications.
- Understanding quality improvement principles, audit, implementation of practice improvement initiatives and commitment to continuing professional development.
- Experience in a broad spectrum of clinical disciplines prior to undertaking radiology training.
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For role related queries or questions contact Gemma McDonald on Gemma.McDonald@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 09, February 2025
