Perioperative medicine 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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This Perioperative Medicine Fellowship will provide the trainee with opportunities to develop their skills as a perioperative medicine physician in this busy tertiary major referral hospital. With over 19,000 operations performed annually, the Perioperative Medicine Fellow will have ample exposure to the pre-operative assessment, planning and optimisation of both straightforward and complex surgical patients. Teaching and supervision opportunities also exist. Non-clinical/ clinical support time with participation in quality assurance, improvement and research projects is provided.

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Support will be provided to Fellows who are wishing to undertake a formal perioperative medicine qualification (e.g., the forthcoming perioperative medicine diploma being developed and established by ANZCA).

What are the aims of the Perioperative Medicine Fellowship?

To produce Fellows capable and confident in providing high quality and efficient care to patients in the areas of:

  1. Pre-operative assessment.

  2. Pre-operative planning.

  3. Optimisation.

  4. Postoperative assessment and management.

To produce a highly capable and confident general anaesthetist ready to transition to consultant practice.

What is the structure of the Perioperative Medicine Fellowship?

The Perioperative Medicine Fellow will have a regular monthly allocation that will include approximately 30% in pre-admission clinics and 70% in other areas, including the provision of anaesthesia and pain medicine. There are opportunities to follow high risk patients through from pre-admission clinic to surgery and beyond.

In terms of pre-admission clinic exposure, Fellows will have access to:

  1. The High Anaesthetic Risk Patient (HARP) Clinic: this is an all-day clinic held weekly on Wednesdays. The morning is dedicated to medically complex patients undergoing major surgery. The afternoon session is a combined Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)/ HARP clinic, dedicated to ASA 3 and 4 patients on the ERAS pathway.

  2. The Major Joint Arthroplasty Clinic: held weekly on a Thursday at the nearby joint arthroplasty satellite hospital (Canberra John James Hospital). This day may consist of an all-day pre-anaesthetic clinic or alternatively a half day clinic followed by the afternoon in one of the elective joint replacement theatres.

  3. Daily pre-anaesthetic clinics.

For interested Fellows, echocardiography experience will be facilitated through regular sessions with cardiology and access to echocardiography trained anaesthesia consultants. Support will be provided to those trainees seeking a formal qualification 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 Manasi Rai / Dr Joanne Moore

Email: manasi.rai@act.gov.au / joanne.l.moore@act.gov.au


Further information: https://www.tchanaesthesia.com/provisional-fellowships