Basic Physician Trainee

Job Description:

Position Title: Basic Physician Trainee
Employment Type: Full Time (Maximum fixed term until 31 January 2027)
Hours per week: 38
Position Grade: Registrar
Salary: As per the Award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations Medical Officer Agreement 2024

About us:
St Vincents Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion excellence integrity and justice we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincents include:
Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
Career development opportunities across the St Vincents Health Australia Network
Employee Assistance Program
Work/Life balance

About the role:
The St Vincents South West Network encompasses Bowral Campbelltown Hospital St Vincents Hospital Sydney and Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. We combine a long standing tradition of excellence in patient care and physician training in the most rapidly growing and dynamic medical environment in NSW with an established centre of rural health excellence.

What youll be doing:

The primary purpose of the Basic Physician Trainee (BPT) is to provide effective medical services to patients under supervision while developing expertise in medical practice in a complex clinical environment in inpatient and outpatient areas in the public health organisations within the Network.

Basic Physician Training roles consist of rotations through medical departments working under an appropriate level of supervision by consultants. Rotations have different levels of responsibility and team structures. BPTs will gain increasing clinical autonomy and accountability as team leaders building on their skills and attributes with the goal of entering an Advanced Training program.

BPTs undertaking the care of medical patients should ensure that they operate within their own level of expertise within a collaborative clinical care model and to seek consultation with the treating physician when appropriate in the following activities:

• Clinically assess patients incorporating consultation/history taking examination and formulation of a differential diagnosis and management plans

• Discuss diagnoses and management plans with patients and their families or carers

• Document the progress of patients in multiple settings

• Prescribe medications tailored to patients needs and conditions

• Transfer care of patients

• Choose organise and interpret investigations

• Assess and manage acutely unwell patients

• Plan prepare for perform and provide after care for important procedures

This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Childrens Guardian. For more information and how to apply please visit the Office of the Childrens Guardian website Culture:
St Vincents is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culturally diverse sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincents is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023022). Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the Selection Criteria as below.

Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincents Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincents Health Australia

• MBBS or equivalent currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.

• Qualifications and experience as outlined in the Essential Requirements for the role

• Demonstrated recent relevant experience in clinical medicine and ability to work in a complex clinical environment

• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills in dealings with patients team members and supervisors

• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning teaching research quality improvement and clinical leadership in medicine

• Demonstrated teamwork time management and problem-solving skills in a clinical setting within a multidisciplinary team

• Proven ability to apply clinical knowledge and concepts in practical situations in the context of multiple competing priorities

Please contact Lauren Gibson for any questions and a copy of the position description.

Applications close on 15 February 2026

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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