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Employment Type: Temporary - Various
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM25826
Role: Trainee - Unaccredited Position – Plastic Surgery
Where you’ll be working
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The Prince of Wales Hospital Prevocational Education and Training Program (Network 9) offers education and training experiences across a broad range of settings. Our Network consists of: Prince of Wales Hospital, Lismore Base Hospital, Royal Hospital for Women and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. The POWH Prevocational trainees are encouraged to be proactive and engage in various hospital programs beyond the standard education curriculum. This includes the opportunity to participate in quality change/innovation improvement, doctor advocacy and wellbeing programs.
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of Plastic and Reconstructive 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: ***************@health.nsw.gov.au.Click 'Apply for Job' to submit your resume and respond to the following selection criteria:
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
- A minimum of three (3) full years of postgraduate experience with previous surgical experience
- Successful completion of the FRACS Generic Surgical Science Examination (GSSE) and demonstrated progress towards career goals in plastic surgery.
- Demonstrated clinical competency and ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgement and expertise
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, including the sharing of appropriate information internally and externally with key persons or services
- 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
Need more information?
For enquiries about the recruitment system or lodging your application through the recruitment portal, you can contact HealthShare NSW at ***************@health.nsw.gov.au or on 1300 443 966.
Applications Close: 05, August 2025
