Trainee - Unaccredited Position

The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of Cardiothoracic surgical patients, under appropriate supervision, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment.  This position will include 9 months in the Cardiothoracic department at Royal North Shore, and 3 months in the Cardiothoracic department at North Shore Private Hospital. All of the consultant surgeons in the Cardiothoracic department at Royal North Shore also provide care at North Shore Private Hospital. The unaccredited trainee 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 unaccredited trainee's 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.