Orthopaedics Fellow

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For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

Join the team at Werribee Mercy Hospital, a dynamic public hospital located in the vibrant and fastest growing corridor of Victoria.

As an Orthopaedic Fellow in our cutting-edge Orthopaedics Unit, you will have the opportunity to coordinate day-to-day operations, lead patient management decisions, collaborate closely with our senior medical staff, and stay up to date with the latest orthopaedic knowledge, research and skills. Make a real impact in the lives of our patients and the community while advancing your career in a supportive and stimulating work environment!

• Coordinating and managing the day-to-day operations of the unit, including supervision of junior medical staff, and ensuring that learning objectives are met in accordance with specialist college training requirements.
• Making critical decisions related to patient management, leading daily ward rounds, and ensuring that all patients are assessed and treated in a timely manner.
• Maintaining close communication and collaboration within the unit, particularly regarding patients requiring urgent and ongoing care.
• Thoroughly documenting patient information in the health record, reviewing patient progress regularly, and developing a discharge plan that is communicated with all relevant parties.
• Keeping up to date with medical knowledge and skills, participating in quality improvement and audit activities, and performing other duties as required by the Medical Workforce.
• Be involved in at least two research projects so as to present them at the Annual AOA meeting and either the summer or winter Victoria state meeting
  

• Required competencies: Communication, Care management, Decision making, Patient relations, Safety intervention, building trust, managing work and time effectively, contributing to team success, building strategic work relationships, and respecting cultural diversity.
• Desired personal qualities: Innovation, Willingness to learn and engage in ongoing professional development to stay up to date with orthopaedic knowledge and skills, and Ability to adapt to changes.
• Excellent communication, care management, and decision-making skills are essential.
• Leadership and adaptability are valued personal qualities for this job.

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.