Trauma Fellow

Position Title:	Clinical Superintendent
Speciality:	Surgery - Trauma(Trauma Surgery Fellow (David Sloane Trauma Surgery Fellow))
Area Health Service:	Sydney South West
Facility:	Liverpool Hospital
Network:
Award Classification 1:	Clinical Superintendent
Award Classification 2:	Postgraduate Fellow
Length Of Contract:	1 Year

Reports To:	Director of Trauma and Director of Medical Services Purpose of Position The Trauma Surgery Fellow provides expert care and clinical advice to patients, carers and other health care professionals within the fields of trauma and injury. The Trauma Fellow develops, facilitates, implements and evaluates care management plans for trauma patients.
Position Summary:	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 Coordinates the weekly trauma audit and participates in ongoing quality assurance and audit activities of the Department Participates in the Trauma and General Surgery on-call roster 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 courses Contributes to the expansion of the Liverpool Hospital Trauma webpage
Challenges:	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, prioritising and managing risk are also inherent challenges that will be encountered in this position.
Communication:	The importance of skilled communication cannot be emphasised 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 organisations including other hospitals, ambulance and retrieval services, University and other Department of Health organisations.
Decision Making:	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.
Selection Criteria:	1. FRACS in General Surgery, or equivalent qualification 2. Ability to achieve targets and goals 3. Demonstrated interest and passion for trauma surgery 4. Current provider certification in EMST or ATLS? 5. Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team 6. Previous research in Trauma 7. Current EMST or ATLS? course instructor 8. Experience in educating undergraduate medical and allied health professionals
Applications	Applications and expressions of interest are accepted throughout the current year for the following year. Interviews are usually performed May- June of each year for the following year. Electronic applications only please contact the person below.
Contact Details:	Dr Scott Damours Scott.Damours@sswahs.nsw.gov.au Ph 02 9828 3927