Job description
About the Role
The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at Western Health provides services for more than 30,000 Surgical procedures and more than 5,500 deliveries a year. With the exception of Cardiac, all surgical specialities are represented. In addition, the Anaesthetic Department runs a busy acute and chronic pain service, teaching program and is actively involved in ongoing research and audit.
The Department employs 36 Registrars at any one time - rotating through the North Western and Southern Rotational Programs and Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Training Schemes.
The Department has thirteen (13) training positions available for Provisional Fellows and/or anaesthesia trainees not affiliated with a Victorian rotational training program. We employ 4 Provisional Fellows and 9 advanced anaesthetic registrars with a minimum of 24 months accredited experience in anaesthesia in Australia or Overseas. PFYs are employed for either a full year or a six month term and for some streams a full year commitment is preferred.
Aside from general fellowships we offer streams including:
Principle & Welfare Fellowship
Obstetric Fellowship
Perioperative Fellowship
Safety & Quality Fellowship
Simulation Fellowship http://whanaesthesia.org/simfellowship/
Sustainability & Environment Fellowship
Please ensure that the following link https://www.formdesk.com/vats/WHRef is provided to your nominated Referees. They will need to complete this online referee assessment and on completion this will be submitted directly to the Head of Unit.
These positions are fixed term full time.
For more information, please refer to the position description and/or contact us below.
About Us
Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.
Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.
Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:
Professional development support
Career advancement opportunities
Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
Work-life balance
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance (including evidence of COVID 19 vaccination) and (if applicable) a Working with Children’s Check.
Western Health is implementing a new recruitment system, launching on Monday, 27th May 2024.
There will be a period from the 27th - 29th May which you might not be able to apply for this role. However, the position will be available for you to apply from the 30th May until the stipulated closing date.
Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies.