BASIC PHYSICIAN TRAINEE – NORTHERN SYDNEY COASTAL NETWORK

Network Hospitals include: Royal North Shore, Northern Beaches, Gosford and Lismore Base Hospitals
Employment Type: Various - Temporary Full Time, Temporary Part Time or Temporary Job Share
Remuneration: As per Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM24843
The Northern Sydney Coastal Network may offer one (1) or two (2) year contracts (as required for completion of their length of training) to applicants who have completed their time in an accredited BPT role. All other applicants will be offered a three (3) year contract, subject to change, with final rankings from the application process and service provision requirements determining the length of training contract that will be offered.
Previous or current registration with RACP in non-BPT roles does not guarantee a two (2) year contract
Please note that once a BPT offer is accepted, any application you may for any subsequent round BPT position during 2026 AMR campaign will not be considered whilst you are holding that offer.
An exciting opportunity to join the medical team in the Northern Sydney Coastal Basic Physician Trainee BPT Network. Rewarding career opportunities are available at NSLHD and offer a flexible career with a diverse and interesting case mix where medical staff are involved in all aspects of a patient’s care.

The primary purpose of the Basic Physician Trainee (BPT) is to provide effective medical services to patients under supervision, while developing expertise in medical practice in a complex clinical environment in inpatient and outpatient areas in the public health organisations within the Network.
Basic Physician Training roles consist of rotations through medical departments, working under an appropriate level of supervision by consultants. Rotations have different levels of responsibility and team structures. BPTs will gain increasing clinical autonomy and accountability as team leaders throughout the course of the three-year training program, building on their skills and attributes with the goal of entering an Advanced Training program.

BPTs undertaking the care of medical patients should ensure that they operate within their own level of expertise within a collaborative clinical care model and to seek consultation with the treating physician when appropriate, in the following activities:

• Clinically assess patients, incorporating consultation/history taking, examination, and formulation of a differential diagnosis and management plans
• Discuss diagnoses and management plans with patients and their families or carers
• Document the progress of patients in multiple settings
• Prescribe medications tailored to patients’ needs and conditions
• Transfer care of patients
• Choose, organise and interpret investigations
• Assess and manage acutely unwell patients
• Plan, prepare for, perform, and provide after care for important procedures