Post Graduate Fellow - Liver Transplant - RPAH (Apply via eCredential)

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time from February 2025 up to February 2026 
Position Classification: Post Graduate Fellow
Requisition ID: REQ498069

Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) is seeking a Post Graduate Fellow to join our team at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital  

We are looking for a Post Graduate Fellow in Liver Transplant! The primary purpose of the role of the Post Graduate Fellow in Transplant Surgery is to provide a program of additional training to develop subspecialty interests, and to further develop core clinical skills required in this area. The Post Graduate Fellow will have completed advanced training to become a specialist medical practitioner in Transplant surgery or have completed specialist training in another discipline relevant to the Fellowship training program.

The Post Graduate Fellow will provide high quality clinical care, diagnostic and consultative specialty services in Transplantation at the level of a Post Graduate Fellow, and participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities within the Transplant Surgery Department and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital as required.

They will ensure high standards of professional performance and contribute to an academic environment which supports education, research and professional development.

The Transplant Surgery Fellow works within the transplant surgery unit primarily with exposure to Liver Transplantation, donor surgery as well as kidney transplantation. The position is primarily for the purpose of expanding the knowledge and understanding of the incumbent in a multi-disciplinary pre-operative assessment, operative procedures and postoperative transplant care.

This position for a Liver Transplant fellow will also have involvement in renal transplantation and a formal three-month rotation with the Upper Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Service at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. There is an advanced trainee in General Surgery who is primarily responsible for Renal Transplant and access surgery cases. The Fellow and registrar are expected to work together in a collaborative fashion to help provide high quality continuing care for the patients in the unit. The position also involves outpatient-based assessment and management of patients and the expectation of attendance at clinical meetings of the unit.

The successful applicant will be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and Fellowship with Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (completion of advanced training in Liver Transplantation Surgery/the Australia and New Zealand Training Board of Liver Transplantation Surgery), and/or other equivalent specialist recognition as provided for in the NSW Staff Specialists (State) Award. (Note: Applicants expecting to be awarded their Fellowship prior to, or within three months of the expected commencement date, may be considered.)

Salary and conditions are in accordance with the NSW Staff Specialist (State) Award.  

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015)

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

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Applications will not be accepted via agencies.

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Applications Close: 4 July 2024