Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: $110,986.00 to $139,187.00 p.a.
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM24704

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• MBBS or equivalent, current general registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• A minimum of two (2) full years of postgraduate experience by the start of the clinical year
• Current registration as a Basic Physician Trainee with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (or eligible for) and intent to obtain Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
• This position is subject to an appropriate supervision level which can be supported by the health agency. If the incumbent’s registration conditions include supervision requirements, the level of supervision must be able to be supported by the health agency for this role.
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Cleared National Police Check
• Compliance with NSW Health Policy Directive PD2024_015 for Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases

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