Alfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory, to inpatient and home and community-based services.
Alfred Health is currently seeking applications for an Anaesthesia Fellow position to start in August 2022 for either 6 or 12 months.
The Alfred is part of Alfred Health, along with Sandringham Hospital and Caulfield Medical Centre (aged care and rehab) in Melbourne. The Alfred is a tertiary referral centre where all adult surgical specialties are performed except obstetrics/gynae, which occurs at Sandringham. The Alfred provides several state services including major trauma, burns and adult cardiothoracic transplantation and the anaesthetic department delivers over 26,000 anaesthetics/year across 18 operating theatres, endoscopy suites, procedure rooms and further off the floor locations in radiology, cardiology and ECT suites.
Our General Fellowships provide exposure to a breadth of clinical experience whilst promoting the transition from Registrar to Consultant in a supportive environment. Fellows can expect to gain experience in trauma and burns anaesthesia, anaesthesia for major hepatobiliary and upper gastrointestinal surgery, vascular anaesthesia, neurosurgical anaesthesia, and anaesthesia for major Head and Neck/ENT and ophthalmological surgery. Due to dedicated Cardiac Fellowships, exposure to cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia might be more limited. Fellows will be exposed to obstetric anaesthesia at Sandringham Hospital and will be expected to cover some service lists. It is possible to accumulate a significant caseload in particular areas of interest, and we encourage all trainees commencing a Fellowship to discuss their aims for the year, so that we can design a pattern of work that best matches that interest.
We consider the ongoing education and training of all our trainees an integral part of our Department’s activities. As well as high levels of clinical supervision and focused exam preparation programs, we have a weekly teaching afternoon for all trainees including Fellows. This comprises workshops, topical presentations by both trainees and consultants, and a quality improvement session during which interesting, difficult and near miss cases are discussed in an open, constructive forum.
There are a number of portfolios with which Fellows can become involved including Simulation, Quality Assurance, Allergy Clinic and Airway education. Our Department is very supportive of registrars preparing for exams and Fellows are encouraged to participate in our exam preparation programs. In addition Fellows are often asked to help with the education of medical students, hospital residents, ambulance officers, and nursing staff.
Professor Paul Myles and others in the department run a very active research unit, and as such there is ample opportunity for all interested trainees to become involved in research activities. Trainees who have their own ideas for research projects are encouraged and assisted in developing and executing them.
Enquiries should be directed to Dr Alan Kakos, Dr Matt Richardson & Dr Sarah Palermo, Supervisors of Training, at [email protected]
Advertising closes: Friday, 4th March 2022
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
In compliance with the Victorian Chief Health Officer's Mandatory Vaccination Directions, all Alfred health employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 with TGA approved vaccine and must have evidence of their vaccination status.
Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au