Fellow (Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery)

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About the Role

The expected conduct and capabilities of the Fellow will include:

The prospective Fellow must have highly developed clinical skills and proven empathy and understanding from the patients' perspective and be able to communicate key information to the patient and carers.
The prospective Fellow must show a strong commitment to the development of multidisciplinary approaches to clinical care and be able to work as part of a team.
The prospective Fellow must have demonstrated ability to train junior medical and nursing staff.
The prospective Fellow must have a clear understanding of the discipline as a whole including major international trends in the discipline and be aware of recent major developments or improvements in care impacting on the discipline.
The prospective Fellow should have worked within an Upper GI unit in the last 2 years at the Level of Senior Registrar /Fellow or Junior Consultant
The prospective fellow must have experience in Upper Gi Endoscopy, both diagnostic and therapeutic
The prospective fellow ideally would have gained some expose and experience in robotic surgery

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

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We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

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