Basic Physician Trainee

at  Sydney Local Health District

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time - 17 March 2025 to 28 September 2025
Remuneration: $89,095 - $139,187 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM24332

Our strategic priority under this vision is our commitment to excellence in Patient and Family Centre Care. Staff are supported to ensure patients, their families and carers are considered as partners in care to achieve optimal patient outcomes and best possible healthcare experience.

• Qualifications and experience as outlined in the Essential Requirements for the role.
• Demonstrated recent relevant experience in clinical medicine and ability to work in a complex clinical environment.
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills in dealings with patients, team members and supervisors.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning, teaching, research, quality improvement and clinical leadership in medicine.
• Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem-solving skills in a clinical setting within a multidisciplinary team.
• Proven ability to apply clinical knowledge and concepts in practical situations in the context of multiple competing priorities

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 plan
• 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

Sydney Local Health District’s vision incorporates NSW Health Core Values and a commitment to equity, health improvement, timeliness and efficiency, recognising that evidence-based service delivery requires highly skilled and valued staff supported by research, education and state-of-the-art technologies.

Our strategic priority under this vision is our commitment to excellence in Patient and Family Centre Care. Staff are supported to ensure patients, their families and carers are considered as partners in care to achieve optimal patient outcomes and best possible healthcare experience.

• Qualifications and experience as outlined in the Essential Requirements for the role.
• Demonstrated recent relevant experience in clinical medicine and ability to work in a complex clinical environment.
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills in dealings with patients, team members and supervisors.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning, teaching, research, quality improvement and clinical leadership in medicine.
• Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem-solving skills in a clinical setting within a multidisciplinary team.
• Proven ability to apply clinical knowledge and concepts in practical situations in the context of multiple competing priorities.

Need more information?
For role related queries or questions contact Dr Jessie Lee on Jessie.Lee@health.nsw.gov.au or call 9767 6071