TRAUMA FELLOW

Length: Start January 5th 2009, duration 1 year
Posts: 1

Description

The Liverpool Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Centre and one of Sydney’s leading Trauma Centre.
It is a University of New South Wales teaching hospital and a 500-bed tertiary referral centre. We serve a population of 800,000 and have average of 300 major trauma admissions (ISS > 16).  Our highlight is the annual SWAN conference which is a guaranteed success with the participation of many well known national and international speakers. Also the Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (DSTC) course which is organized in Liverpool every year is highly rated and together with the FAST courses (run twice a year) a great opportunity to improve one’s clinical skills.
The position of Trauma Surgery Fellow will challenge your decision-making abilities and the ability to respond and thrive under the pressure of managing severely injured patients. The position will also challenge your ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team effectively and competently. Multi-tasking, prioritizing and managing risk are also inherent challenges that will be encountered in this position.
The importance of skilled communication cannot be emphasized enough for the candidate who wishes to be successful as the Trauma Surgery Fellow. The ability to communicate effectively, clearly, succinctly and pleasantly is critical to achieving timely, safe and effective patient care. To be able to communicate with these attributes whilst managing stressful situations and clinically challenging patients is paramount to success as the Trauma Surgery Fellow. Constant and effective communication is required with all members of the multi-disciplinary trauma team at all clinical levels including consultant, trainee, nursing, administrative and external organizations including other hospitals, ambulance and retrieval services, University and other Department of Health organizations.
The successful candidate will be expected to function at the level of a junior consultant. The decision-making skills expected would be commensurate with that. Whilst the position is an ‘in-training’ position, the candidate will be expected to be a competent decision-maker with respect to the day-to-day management of common trauma and general surgical problems. The Trauma Surgery Fellow is always supported by a Surgical Consultant for challenging and difficult decisions and difficult surgical cases. The Trauma Surgery Fellow is otherwise expected to develop a strategy for effective and timely trauma patient assessment and management with the input of the multi-disciplinary team.

Research Activities

Our key point research activities over the last years are:
Research performance improvement
Death audit analyses
Trauma System development
Abdominal compartment syndrome & Intra abdominal hypertension
Non therapeutic laparotomy
Pelvic fracture management
Clinical practice guideline development
Multimedia development for Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course (DSTC)

Fellowship Program

Clinical Responsibilities

The role of the Trauma Surgery Fellow is to achieve appropriate and timely delivery of care within the confines of an individual team framework at Liverpool Hospital. The Trauma Fellow must work with the registrar and the specialist looking after the patient and will have a special role and responsibility within the ICU and with Anaesthetic and subspecialty consultants.
The Trauma Surgery Fellow will attend all Trauma Team activations during working hours
The Trauma Surgery Fellow should ensure that once the trauma has progressed from resuscitation that there is adequate continuity of care and that the patient is followed from CT scan right through,(e.g. to the operating theatre)
Work with the Honorary Trauma Fellow(s), advanced surgical trainees and students
All ICU trauma patients should be reviewed by the Trauma Surgery Fellow on a daily basis and the tertiary trauma survey form completed on each new admission
The Trauma Surgery Fellow works closely with the Trauma Co-ordinator and the Case Manager to ensure that adequate continuity of care occurs
Participates in the Trauma and General Surgery on-call roster

Research Opportunities

Excellent opportunities exist for involvement in clinical research with the help of experienced staff and an extensive up to date trauma database.

Teaching Responsibilities

The Trauma Fellow:
Coordinates the weekly trauma audit and participates in ongoing quality assurance and audit activities of the Department
Participates in and promotes the advancement of trauma education in Liverpool Hospital and the other hospitals in the Area Health Service
Participates in the education of visiting trauma students, doctors and nursing staff
Participates in EMST/ATLS/FAST courses
Contributes to the expansion of the LivTrauma webpage

Salary

Classed as a “senior registrar’ in terms of pay scale

Applicant Requirements

• FRACS in General Surgery, or equivalent qualification
• Ability to achieve targets and goals
• Demonstrated interest and passion for trauma surgery
• Current provider certification in EMST or ATLS
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Previous research in Trauma
• Experience in educating undergraduate medical and allied health professionals
 course instructorÒ• Prefererable EMST or ATLS

Contact:

Scott K D'Amours Dep.Director Trauma, Liverpool Hospital.
Scott.Damours@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

(Applications should be received before August 29th 2008.)
Locked Bag 7103
Liverpool BC, Sydney, NSW 1871
Australia
Phone: +61 2 98283927
Fax: +61 2 98283926

More details:
https://jmo2008.ezisuite.net/