Job description

MedicalJobsAustralia.com Employment Type: Temporary Various Remuneration: - Hours Per Week: 38 Requisition ID: CAM30909

Provisional Fellow - Anaesthesia - The Royal Hospital for Women - Maternity Leave Relief - 1 February to 10 May 2027

RHW is close to some of Sydney's best beaches, restaurants and sporting facilities and only fifteen (15) minutes from the Sydney Central Business District and harbour, adding a quality lifestyle to the satisfaction that comes from working within a committed and decided team. The Royal Hospital for Women is situated between the University of New South Wales and Coogee Beach.

The provisional fellow will work as a Senior member of the JMO team, based in the anaesthesia department at the RHW. The purpose of the position is as follows:

To consolidate and develop specialist skills, knowledge and attributes consistent with the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Roles in Practice (CanMEDS Framework) to allow progression to independent consultant level practice as a specialist anaesthetist and fellow of ANZCA.

To provide clinical anaesthesia services at the RHW inclusive of high risk and routine obstetric anaesthesia services, elective and emergency surgical services (obstetrics, gynaecology, gynae-oncology, breast surgery) and perioperative medicine (outpatients clinics, pain management and high acuity care).

To lead the trainee staff, assisting with the education, supervision and welfare support of trainees in training and the administration of trainees' affairs including rosters and leave arrangements.

To contribute to the development of quality assurance and safe practices, including oversight of departmental morbidity and mortality meetings, audit and clinical guideline development as outlined in the ANZCA policy document TE9: Guidelines on Quality Assurance.

To be involved in patient education and the education of non medical health care professionals.

To participate in departm ental research activities.

Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role

Advanced ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the planning, delivery and coordination of patient care, in particularly, high acuity obstetric anaesthesia.

Advanced ability to assess and optimise patients with high complexity needs in the perioperative clinic or other preoperative setting.

Advanced organisational and time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.

Advanced communication skills, including the ability to convey, and adapt verbal and written information to a clinical and non-clinical audience

Commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.

Advanced ability to remain calm and act constructively when faced with high pressure situations or unpredictable environments

Previous experience in and willingness to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.

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Applications Close: 7 October 2026