Trainee - Unaccredited Position in Maclean

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time

Remuneration: $117,745 - $147,664

Hours Per Week: 38

The successful applicant will gain valuable experience at the Lismore Base Hospital, working under the supervision and guidance of expert senior clinicians. The Unaccredited Trainee will be supported in a team consisting of an Advanced Trainee, Basic Physician Trainee, Medicine Trainee, and Intern/RMOs. The position requires the candidate to participate in a rotating roster of day and evening shifts at the Lismore Base Hospital.

LBH supports the education and career progression of its Junior Medical Officers by:

• Medicine Trainees (registrars) are encouraged to attend our weekly Med Reg Journal Club which includes presentations by our Med Trainees and BPTs on rotation to Lismore.
• Monthly Grand Rounds for the whole hospital.
• Weekly Cardiology meetings, general medicine teaching and various education sessions hosted by both Lismore Base Hospital and the University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH).

Lismore Base Hospital (LBH) is the recognised trauma centre for the North Coast Region and is linked with the local helicopter retrieval service. The hospital is an acute regional referral hospital of 280 beds on the Far North Coast of NSW, serving a population of approximately 170,000 people, and has a busy emergency department (40,000 presentations annually), ICU and coronary care unit, as well as surgery (general, orthopaedic and speciality surgery), paediatrics, mental health, and obstetrics and gynaecology. LBH is an affiliated teaching hospital for medical students from the University of Sydney, University of Wollongong, University of Western Sydney and Bond University.

The hospital has a strong commitment to teaching and support for its Junior Medical Officers. Our region encompasses World Heritage listed rainforests and the pristine beaches of Evans Head, Ballina, Lennox Head and Byron Bay. This area is blessed by year-round sun, a tropical climate and a short winter. From lush hinterland villages, to Mount Warning, national parks, and sparkling beaches, the region is full of natural wonders and vibrant destinations all within a short drive from Lismore.

The primary purpose of the Unaccredited Trainee in Cardiology is to work as part of a team of clinicians to provide a comprehensive cardiology service. This will include day-to-day patient care encompassing outpatient clinics and ward service, support of junior doctors, and participation in non-invasive and invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures. Decision making and supervision will be at the appropriate level according to the trainee's skills, knowledge and experience.

The medical officer will be expected to adopt a progressively more independent approach to patient management according to their experience, under the guidance of and at the discretion of the appropriate Attending Medical Officer (AMO). All patients managed within the hospitals of the health service are under the direct care of a specialist medical practitioner. All decisions regarding their care are to be clearly communicated with the specialist responsible for that care.

Qualifications and experience

• Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role (please address these in your response).
• Demonstrated ability to work with appropriate independence, commensurate with a level of an Unaccredited Trainee, within a supervised complex clinical environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team in the planning, delivery and coordination of patient care.
• Proficient verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to vary communication effectively and respectfully with patients, family members and others members of the health care team.
• Demonstrated good organisational and time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
• Demonstrated evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to self-education.
• Commitment to participating in the delivery of teaching medical students and prevocational junior doctors within the hospital through guidance, seminars and tutorials.

Applications Close: 3, November 2026