The General Surgery units are staffed by 17 visiting surgeons, an Upper GI&HPB Surgery Fellow,  Fellow in Colo-Rectal, Endocrine and General Surgery Fellow, 13 College Appointed and 7 hospital appointed registrars/SHMOs. Registrars rotate through General Breast and Endocrine, Upper GI, Colo-Rectal, Williamstown General and Sunshine General Surgery. Operating theatres are sited at all three campuses of the network (Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown) and senior registrars are rotated to Goulburn Valley, Werribee Mercy and Western Private hospitals.

The department has the following positions available in 2013:

Upper GI and HPB Surgery Fellow - 1 x position.    Suitable for a senior trainee who wants to take responsibility for direct patient care and for the supervision and development of junior colleagues. 

Western Health serves the fastest growing shires in Australia and consequently is involved in a large number of HPB/Upper GI cases as well as significant general surgery work load.  The Unit is staffed by 8 Surgeons who have a mix of sbspecialist interests, including complex open resections and laparoscopic work.
The role of the Fellow is to provide leadership to the Junior Medical Staff and assists in the coordination of education and training, and the dissemination of information relating to Western Health and the RACS, in addition to his or her clinical duties. The Upper GI & HPB Fellow represents JMS interests by acting as a representative on committees such as the JMS Operations Management Committee, the JMS Post Graduate Medical Education Committee, Adverse Outcomes Committee and other relevant working parties. The successful applicant will also participates in the recruitment and interviewing of interns and HMO applicants for the following year and assists in assigning appropriate rotations.

Applications are invited from suitable qualified Surgical Trainees who have obtained their FRACS qualifications or equivalent to be eligible for this position.  You must also hold your General Registration with the National Medical Registration Board - AHPRA.       

Applications should apply directly to Western Health via an online application by Closing Date - Friday 13th July 2012

Clinical Associate Professor Val Usatoff
0407 544 765
val.usatoff@wh.org.au

Colette Geaney (HMO Manager)
03) 8345 6951
colette.geaney@wh.org.au