Obstetrics at Canberra
6-12 month post
February / August start dates
Applicants must have Australian citizenship or permanent residency status (this includes New Zealand citizens and permanent residents) or have an Australian working visa with current experience as a medical practitioner in Australia.
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The Obstetric Anaesthetic Provisional Fellowship will provide the trainee with ample exposure to straightforward and complex obstetric cases in a busy tertiary department with more than 4000 deliveries per year. The trainee will function as part of a multidisciplinary team providing excellent care to women and their families at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children. They will have the opportunity to participate in teaching and supervision of junior trainees, to be involved in quality improvement activities, and to pursue particular subspecialty areas of interest.
Aims:
To develop confidence as an obstetric anaesthetist with an ability to manage a variety of challenging clinical cases, such as massive maternal haemorrhage, placenta accreta spectrum disorders, severe pre-eclampsia, women with cardiac disease in pregnancy and a variety of other presentations. To work as a team member sharing knowledge and skills with obstetric, midwifery and other anaesthetic colleagues.
Structure:
The obstetric provisional fellow will have a regular monthly allocation that includes about 50% subspecialty time and 50% of time in service lists/non-clinical. Subspecialty allocations will include caesarean lists, gynaecology and gynae oncology lists, regular high risk obstetric anaesthesia clinics and weekly allocations to birth suite. In the event of complex cases or patients requiring anaesthetic involvement, the obstetric anaesthesia fellow will be the first point of call in hours.
Other:
There are a number of consultants who have an interest in obstetric anaesthesia at TCH including several anaesthetists at TCH who have subspecialty fellowship training in obstetric anaesthesia and significant experience in this area. There will be ample opportunity to participate in quality improvement, education and simulation in this area.
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Fellows participate in the after hours roster, which includes evenings, weekends and night shifts.
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Positions are advertised on the ACT Health website in July each year for commencement in January of the following year. Positions are advertised in May for commencement in August of the same year. Selection interviews are usually conducted in early September for short-listed candidates or July for mid-year intake.
Contact: Dr Katie McCloy
Email: katie.mccloy@act.gov.au
Further information: https://www.tchanaesthesia.com/provisional-fellowships