Provisional Fellow - Paediatric General Surgery

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (SCHN) is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes with one purpose in mind - to help young people live their healthiest lives.Learn more about our network here:Employment Type: TemporaryPosition Classification: JMO Provisional FellowRemuneration: Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) AwardHours Per Week: 38Requisition ID: REQ478552This Provisional Fellow position in Paediatric Surgery (Clinical) at The Children's Hospital at Westmead is available for the 2025 Clinical Year for up to 12 months commencing from 03 February 2025 or 04 August 2025. The department of General Surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead is a high-volume centre (more than 3000 cases annually) that can offer a broad experience in Paediatric General Surgery and Sub Specialties. It also has a number of well-developed subspecialty teams that have focused areas of practice. These include Colorectal Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Onco Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Transplant Surgery and Urology.The Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery is a unique position to help prepare and develop a candidate for consultant practice. This position provides an opportunity to develop skills important for a consultant role in the inpatient and outpatient setting. The position can offer either a year of a single sub-speciality exposure (except Transplant) combined with a broad general exposure to a range of areas to either consolidate or develop new skills in an area of interest to the candidate. This includes operative exposure, multidisciplinary clinics and meetings and long terms follow up clinics. The position has an important leadership and educational role.The Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery is actively involved in clinical duties and research within the Department as determined by the Department Head and subspecialty team. The Fellow continues clinical activities at an early post fellowship level. This includes on-call, supervisory and teaching responsibilities with regards to surgical Trainees and Residents. The Clinical Fellow also works closely with many of the other clinical teams in inpatient and outpatient care both clinically and strategically. The education role includes clinical supervision within the Department of Surgery as well as the hospital wide education program.Selection Criteria:

• MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
• Obtained FRACS in Paediatric Surgery or recognised International Paediatric Surgery specialist qualification. Demonstrate an interest in Paediatric Surgery including subspecialties. Candidates close to finishing their training in Paediatric Surgery will also be considered.
• Paediatric surgery experience in a tertiary centre.
• Excellent communication skills with leadership and team building skills and a demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with other health professionals.
• Demonstrated aptitude for clinical and academic paediatric surgical and related teaching of Medical Students, Junior medical staff and other clinical staff in theatres, clinics and at formal teaching sessions.
• Ongoing commitment to further education and professional development and demonstrated ability to supervise Junior Medical Staff and other clinical staff.
• Demonstrated interest, motivation and capability in research.
• Emergency Management of Severe Trauma Course or equivalent (EMST / APLS/ ATLS or equivalent) or registered to undertake one before starting in position.

Information and Application:1) Click here for the2) Find out more about for this position. Your application must include a current resume and responses to the application questions and criteria in the online application form. Please ensure you complete and submit your application prior to the closing date. Interviews will be conducted virtually via videoconference.SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, to assist in preparing your application.All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW. Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. Please provide proof of booster vaccination if available. This is a Category A position perContact Information:1. For role related queries, please contact Dr Aniruddh Deshpande via telephone on +61 2 9845 0000 or email2. For technical support, please contact the Customer Service Team on 1300 443 966, select option 1, then option 2. Please also refer to the for additional informationApplications Close: Wednesday 3rd April 2024 (11:59pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time)*Please note that recruitment agency applications are unable to be accepted