AddressRemuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM21624
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Where you'll be working
Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District is responsible for the provision of health services to the local government area comprised of Auburn, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Holroyd, and Parramatta. These services are provided through a number of hospital and community-based facilities located strategically across the District.
Western Sydney Local Health District is committed to achieving continuous quality improvement in client services within a Quality Management framework, with a supporting Strategic Plan aimed at the continuous improvement of all facilities. The District has individual facilities located at Westmead, Cumberland, Auburn, Blacktown and Mount Druitt.
All hospitals provide a range of both in-patient and outpatient services to clients both from within the boundaries of the District and cross border flows. In addition to this, there are a number of facilitates strategically located across the District that provide primary health care services to the community.
The primary goal of Western Sydney Local Health District is: To improve the health of, and ensure comprehensive health care services for, our community.
Its principal purposes are:
- To provide relief to sick and injured persons through the provision of care and treatment.
- To promote, protect and maintain the health of the community
What you'll be doing
The Training Program
Westmead Hospital is an accredited training hospital for RANZCOG and Maternal Fetal Medicine training.
The Training Network
Westmead Hospital and secondment Hospitals, including but not limited to Westmead Private Hospital, Norwest Private Hospital, San Private Hospital, Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital and Westmead Childrens Hospital.
Training Opportunities
The training opportunities available in the position of Provisional Fellow (Maternal Fetal Medicine Accredited) include:
• Development of ultrasound skills with a specific focus on Maternal Fetal Medicine.
• Education via regular structured and unstructured teaching and education
• Access to support for research, audits and patient safety and quality improvement projects.
• Development of skills in management of both inpatients and outpatients.
• Development of skills and knowledge specific to the treatment and care of women and families requiring specialist Maternal Fetal Medical care.
KEY OPPORTUNITIES:
• The accredited maternal fetal medicine fellow position is accredited for training in CMFM, RANZCOG.
• The position is most suited for a trainee accepted into the RANZCOG CMFM fellow training program. A trainee not accredited with the RANZCOG CMFM trainee program may be considered for this position and will be provided with the opportunity to gain the experience required to apply for CMFM training.
• Westmead MFM service is the largest tertiary referral center in the state of NSW and has opportunities for fetal procedures as well as management and follow through of patients with complex fetal anomalies referred for ongoing care that will be delivered at Westmead Hospital and subsequently transferred to Children’s Hospital.
• The hospital also provides care to many complex maternal medical conditions in pregnancy through dedicated antenatal clinics.
• There is close liaison with maternal medicine services providing opportunity to learn from renal, hematology, cardiology and various other services who work as part of an MDT Team.
• The role provides opportunity to discuss in depth outcomes on fetal anomalies in monthly surgical meetings with pediatric surgeons.
• Fortnightly genetics sessions to discuss management and care of genetic conditions, fetal syndromes with our expert geneticists.
• Access to training and performing over 150 fetal diagnostic procedures amniocentesis, chorionic villous sampling, fetal transfusion, amnioreduction, fetal cavity aspiration and shunt placement.
• Access to statewide perinatal pathology unit at Westmead Children’s Hospital.
• There is ongoing opportunity of new research on various MFM topics with support of onsite statistician and research staff dedicated to MFM services.
Orientation
Hospital Orientation occurs at the beginning of each term for all doctors new to the individual hospital.
The department of O&G provides an orientation manual to all medical staff working in the department.
For Hospital Orientation most hospital programs include similar features. Included are examples of topics covered in orientation at each hospital. Hospital Orientation covers the following: Hospital Tour, RSU services (pay, timesheets etc), Medico legal issues, Occupational Health and Safety, Pharmacy, Deteriorating patient and medical emergency calling system, Death Certificates and Cremation Certificates, Computer access, Teaching schedule, Infection control, Patient Flow.
Supervision Arrangements
The Provisional Fellow (Maternal Fetal Medicine Accredited) is supervised by the training supervisors and the other consultants as indicated.
For role related queries or questions contact
• Dr Roshini Nayyar on **************@health.nsw.gov.au
• WSLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
