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Advanced Trainee - job post

NSW Health
(part of NSW Government)
3.5 out of 5 stars
Westmead NSW
$117,745 - $147,664 a year - Part-time, Apprenticeship
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Pay

  • $117,745 - $147,664 a year

Job type

  • Apprenticeship
  • Part-time

Location

Westmead NSW

Benefits

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  • Salary packaging

Full job description

Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: 117,745.00 - 147,664.00
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM28891

Advanced Trainee – Medical Retina – Westmead Hospital

Where you'll be working
Westmead Hospital is a key facility of one of Australia’s largest major health and medical research precincts and is the principal referral hospital for Western Sydney Local Health District providing district level health services to Parramatta, Holroyd and The Hills Shire LGAs including tertiary and quaternary services to greater western Sydney, greater metropolitan Sydney, rural NSW and other states. Westmead Hospital provides approximately 638 acute overnight, 30 day only and 52 subacute beds. The Westmead Health Precinct currently under development is envisaged to be the biggest hospital building project undertaken in Western Sydney and will transform the iconic but ageing Westmead Hospital into an innovative, contemporary and integrated centre that will continue to deliver high quality healthcare and expand the education, health and research capability of the area
Westmead Hospital is a leading centre of research, training and specialisations in all fields of medicine and dentistry, providing services in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, kidney and pancreas transplantation, cancer care, obstetrics and gynaecology, neonatal intensive care, trauma, bone marrow transplantation, critical care, aged care and rehabilitation, adult acute psychiatry (networked with the co-located Cumberland Hospital) as well as other highly specialised medical and surgical services.
The Westmead Hospital Emergency Department (ED) operates 24 hours, 7 days per week and manages all types and levels of illnesses and injuries. As one of six major trauma centres in the state, the ED also cares for people with the most severe physical injuries.
Westmead Hospital ED presentation numbers are among the highest in the state
Critical care services within Westmead Hospital are provided by the Intensive care unit and the medical and surgical high dependency units. Other specialist services that provide a high dependency level of care for patients within their clinical specialty wards include the Coronary Care Unit, Renal and Pancreas Transplantation and Haematology
Over 120 different outpatient clinics for a number of different specialities and services provide ambulatory care to approximately 5,000 attendances per month.
Westmead Hospital is one of Australia’s largest centres for postgraduate training to specialist levels in all fields with over 100 PhD students and other postgraduate students supervised by Westmead Hospital scientists and clinicians. Westmead is home to internationally recognised institutes of health research, the most prominent being the Westmead Millennium Institute. The Westmead Millennium Institute is one of the largest medical research institutes in Australia, conducting research into a wide range of human disorders affecting both adults and children, including infectious and immune diseases, cancer and leukaemia, liver and metabolic diseases, eye and brain related disorders and heart and respiratory disorders.

What you'll be doing
This position is for an accredited ophthalmology trainee proceeding to the final (5th) year of training in Australia or New Zealand to become our Medical Retinal Advanced Trainee. A Part-time position is available, based at Westmead Hospital. This position will be actively ‘tailored’ to the specific sub-specialty area of medical retina.
To provide training in the advanced management of patients with all medical retinal conditions, including advanced OCT and angiographic imaging, and newer intravitreal medical therapeutics. The Advanced trainee will work on medical retina clinical trials and clinical research. The Advanced trainee will also take an overview role in prioritising patients referred for retinal management, based on urgency. There is an opportunity to also continue a weekly or fortnightly cataract surgery session.


Employee Benefits
  • Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging

For Further Information
  • Please refer to the Position Description. Your application must include a current resume and responses to the application questions and criteria in the online application form.
  • For role related queries or questions contact Associate Professor Andrew White on andrew.white1@health.nsw.gov.au
  • WSLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
  • MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
  • Minimum RANZCO accredited Ophthalmic training 4 years; generally in Australia or New Zealand (or equivalent elsewhere).
  • Provide advanced management of patients with medical retinal conditions and other ophthalmic conditions
  • Develop comprehensive skills in advanced ophthalmic surgery, imaging, diagnostic and clinic-based management procedures, including fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography.
  • Work with other members of the team: Head of Department, VMO’s, Staff specialists, Other trainees, Paramedical staff, Administrative, Orthoptic and Nursing staff in managing patients attending this service
  • Satisfactory general ophthalmic surgery skills in cataract surgery to be able in many cases to work independently.
  • Interpret ophthalmic imaging modalities including radiography and CT/MRI scanning.
  • Understand the role of paramedical staff – Orthoptists, nurses and social workers in the care and management of the ophthalmic patient.


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For role related queries or questions contact Andrew White on andrew.white1@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 04, August 2026

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