Basic Physician Trainee

Organisation / Entity: South Western Sydney Local Health District

Job category: Medical Officers | General Medicine

Job location: Statewide

Job reference number: CAM25563

Work type: Full-Time

Total remuneration package: $110986 - $139187

Closing date: 05/08/2025 - 11:59 PM

Employment Type:

Temporary Full Time

Remuneration: $110,986 - $139,187

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: CAM25563

Liverpool BPT Network – AMR 2026 – Applications close 05/08/2025

The Liverpool BPT Network will offer 1 or 2 year contracts (as required for completion of their length of training) to applicants who have completed their time in an accredited BPT role. All other applicants will be offered 3 year contracts, subject to change, with final rankings from the application process and service provision requirements determining the length of training contract that will be offered. Previous or current registration with RACP in non-BPT roles does not guarantee a 2 year contract.

Please also note that once a BPT offer is accepted, any application you make for a subsequent round BPT position during the 2026 AMR campaign will not be considered whilst you are holding that offer.

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Liverpool BPT Network as a Basic Physician Trainee.

Where you'll be working

The Liverpool BPT Network consists of 4 training sites including Liverpool, Fairfield, Tweed and Kempsey Hospitals. Liverpool Hospital is a fast-paced teaching hospital which has come a long way from its origins as a tent hospital in the 1790s to now having 855 beds.

A $790 million redevelopment of Liverpool Hospital with a new education and research hub, makes it one of the largest hospital and tertiary referral centres in NSW. Providing specialty services, it has a strong commitment to teaching and research, housing the Ingham Institute. Liverpool Hospital commits to innovation, resulting in systems implemented in hospitals worldwide, including day of surgery admissions and the MET.

Fairfield Hospital is a metropolitan hospital providing ED, heart care, dialysis, maternity, paediatrics, medical/surgical and outpatient services. With approximately 200 beds, it admits over 16,000 patients annually. It’s a UNSW teaching hospital and an Associate of the Western Sydney University. Located close to shops and schools, it is easily accessible using public transport and main arterial roads.

The Tweed Hospital is metres away from the Queensland border offering accredited training positions in Anaesthetics, Medicine, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, O&G, ICU and ED. All major specialities and sub-specialities provide excellent training for graduates pursuing careers in metropolitan and rural general practice or specialist training programmes. TTH has the busiest ED in rural NSW. It’s a teaching hospital for Universities of Queensland, NSW, Sydney, Bond and Griffith.

Kempsey District Hospital is an 81-bed, Level 3 facility with ED, medical, day surgical, rehab, renal, maternity and outpatient services. Located on the Mid-North Coast of NSW. Port Macquarie Hospital is its main referral hospital. KDH is a teaching hub for CSU and UNSW, offering valuable trainee rotations with high exposure to Indigenous healthcare and outpatient clinics. Kempsey’s surrounds has an appealing mix of stunning coast and magical hinterland.

What you'll 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 throughout the course of the three-year training program, 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

1. MBBS or equivalent, current general registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
2. This role requires eligibility for or current registration as a Basic Physician Trainee with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and intent to obtain Fellowship of the RACP. What is your current RACP status?
3. Qualifications and experience as outlined in the Essential Requirements for the role.
4. Demonstrated recent relevant experience in clinical medicine and ability to work in a complex clinical environment.
5. Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills in dealings with patients, team members and supervisors.
6. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning, teaching, research, quality improvement and clinical leadership in medicine.
7. Demonstrated teamwork, time management and problem-solving skills in a clinical setting within a multidisciplinary team.
8. Proven ability to apply clinical knowledge and concepts in practical situations in the context of multiple competing priorities.

Need more information?

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For role related queries or questions contact Hareeshan Nandakoban on Hari.Nandakoban@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close:05, August 2025