AddressThe Hunter New England Surgical Network employs Postgraduate Year 3+ Surgical Senior Resident Medical Officers and Unaccredited Registrars to work in a Network of Hospitals across the region. The Network offers a comprehensive surgical education and training program, aimed at providing all SRMOs and unaccredited registrars with the skills and knowledge required to apply to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for Surgical Education and Training (SET). Candidates should be a minimum PGY3 doctor with at least six months recent experience in general surgery. You are expected to be able to act semi-independently in clinical decision making but all significant issues such as operative or other interventions, transfer or discharge should always be reviewed by a consultant. Candidates should be aiming to pass the GSSE exam in 2024 and have completed other relevant surgical training courses required as part of the pathway to qualify for further surgical training with the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.
Candidates for this role will have a six month placement with plastics and six months in general surgery which will include the network relief roster and also the acute surgery roster at John Hunter Hospital.What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective clinical management of surgical patients, under appropriate
supervision, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment. The unaccredited
trainee 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 unaccredited trainee's skills,
knowledge and experience. They 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 a patient's care are to be clearly communicated with the
specialist responsible for that care.
